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Tuesday Student Takeover: Yxing Guo

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Published May 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM HST

Virtuoso violinist Yxing Guo of Honolulu graduated last week from the Colburn Music Academy, where she attended the pre-college program during her junior and senior years of high school. This fall, she will return to attend the Colburn Conservatory of Music. A From the Top alum, Guo credits her family, teachers Iggy Jang, Dr. Nikki Ebisu, and Martin Beaver, as well as the supportive communities of the Colburn School, Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, and the Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Festival Young Artist Program.
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Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba grew up in Pearl City listening to a variety of music – mostly in the car and the choice of the driver (Grandma, Mom, Dad, sister or brother). It ranged from Hawaiian to Japanese Enka to Top 40 to HPR. Sharene played the violin in school, and is now a professional freelance harpist and mother. She and husband jazz bassist Dean Taba love to play and listen to music, and are raising their children to celebrate the love of learning and of all kinds of music.
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