Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Festival
HPR and Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Festival have partnered to broadcast performances from the festival's 2026 season. Each show is hosted by John Kalani Zak and features performances recorded live in Honolulu.
HCMF performances will air for six weeks on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on HPR-2, your home for classical music. The first broadcast airs on October 10, and the series concludes on November 14. Ways to listen & station locator.
Learn more about the festival at hawaiicmf.org.
October 10 - “The Junction Trio in Concert” (Rebroadcast of 2025 concert)
This concert is a rebroadcast from season 7 of the Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Series. It features a lively conversation with HCMF Founder and President, Chris Yick, Classical Pacific’s Sharene Taba, and HPR’s Producer of Special Broadcasts, John Kalani Zak.
LISTEN ON DEMAND
Music:
Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67 - Maurice RavelPiano Trio Number 1 in B Major Op. 8 – Johannes Brahms
Artists:
Violinist - Stefan Jackiw
Pianist - Conrad Tao
Cellist - Jay Campbell
October 17 - “Aloha Friday”
This concert, titled ALOHA FRIDAY, begins season 8, and was performed at the Orvis Auditorium at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in honor of a legendary figure in Hawaiʻi’s classical music scene, Henry Miyamura. It features opening remarks by HCMF founder and president, Chris Yick and HCMF Artistic Director/Violinist, Stefan Jackiw.
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Music:
Serenade for String Trio Opus 10 – Ernö Dohnańyi
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw - Violin
Cynthia Phelps – Viola
Nicholas Canellakis – Cello
Music:
Clarinet Trio in A Minor opus 114 – Johannes Brahms
Artists:
Yoonah Kim – Clarinet
Nicholas Canellakis – Cello
Inon Barnatan – Piano
Music:
Piano Quartet Number 2 in E-flat Major Op. 87 - Dvořák
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw – Violin
Cynthia Phelps – Violin
Nicholas Canellakis – Viola
Inon Barnatan – Piano
October 24 - “Stefan’s Salon at the Kahala”
This concert is titled “Stefan’s Salon at the Kahala” and was presented at the Kahala Hotel in Honolulu and it features a special preview of Haydn’s “Bird” by the Kaimana Quartet.
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Music:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12. No 1 - Beethoven
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw – Violin
Shiqi Xu – Piano
Music:
Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op 90 “Dumky” - Dvorak
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw – Violin
Pyotr Alvarado – Cello
Trevor Hyun – piano
Music: Recorded at La Pietra School
Brandenberg Concerto No.3 in G Major - J.S. Bach
Artists:
Zippy’s Young Artist Orchestra
Music: Recorded at Kaimana Beach Hotel
String Quartet in C Major Op.33 “Bird” - Haydn
Artists:
Kaimana Quartet:
Cuna Kim – Violin
Qicong Ma – Violin
Wei – Fan Lee – Viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu – Cello
October 31 - “Haydn’s Nene” - Recorded at Kaimana Beach Hotel
Performed at the Kaimana Beach Hotel, this concert is titled “Haydn’s Nene,” with a preview of Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” performed at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu.
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MUSIC:
String Quartet in C Major, Op.33 No.3 “Bird” – Joseph Haydn
Artists:
Kaimana Quartet:
Cuna Kim – Violin
Qicong Ma – Violin
Wei – Fan Lee – Viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu – Cello
MUSIC:
Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D Major - Tchaikovsky
ARTISTS:
Kaimana Quartet:
Cuna Kim – Violin
Qicong Ma – Violin
Wei – Fan Lee – Viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu – Cello
MUSIC:
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op 18 – Johannes Brahms
ARTISTS:
Cuna Kim – Violin
Qicong Ma – Violin
Wei-Fan Lee – Viola
Yuseon Nam – Viola
Sung Chan Chang – Cello
Daniele Gonzales Siu – Cello
Music: Recorded at Lutheran Church of Honolulu
Piano Trio in E Flat Major, K 498 “Kegelstatt”– Mozart
Artists:
Yoonah Kim – Clarinet
Cynthia Phelps – Viola
Janice Carissa – Piano
November 7 - Recorded at Lutheran Church of Honolulu
This dynamic concert, “A Cello Mele-Bration,” was presented at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu.
Music:
Piano Trio in E flat Major K.498 “Kegelstatt” - Mozart
Artists:
Yoonah Kim – Clarinet
Cynthia Phelps – Viola
Janice Carissa – Piano
Music:
Three Preludes (arr. Nicholas Canellakis) – George Gershwin
Artists:
Nicholas Canellakis – Cello
Janice Carissa – Piano
Music:
Introduction et polonaise brillante, Op.3 – Chopin
Artists:
Nicholas Canellakis – Cello
Janice Carissa – Piano
Music:
Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.15 – Smetana
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw – Violin
Nicholas Canellakis – Cello
Inon Barnatan – Piano
Music:
String Duo Number 1 in G Major, K423 – Mozart (recorded at Orvis Auditorium)
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw – Violin
Cynthia Phelps – Viola
November 14 - Recorded at Orvis Auditorium
Titled “A Kamaʻaina Collaboration,” this concert, the last in this series, was presented at the Orvis Auditorium at University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa.
Music:
String Duo Number 1 in G Major, K.423 – Mozart
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw – Violin
Cynthia Phelps – Viola
Music:
Sextuor FP 100 – Poulenc
Artists:
Julia Richter – Flute
Youn Joo Lee – Oboe
Yoonah Kim – Clarinet
Shuo Li – Bassoon
Colton Hironaka - Horn
Janice Carissa - Piano
Music:
String Octet in E-flat Major Op.20 - Mendelssohn
Artists:
Stefan Jackiw – Violin
Cuna Kim – Violin
QiCong Ma – Violin
Moni Simeonov – Violin
Cynthia Phelps – Viola
Wei-Fan Lee – Viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu – Cello
Sung Chan Chang – Cello
Music:
Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67 - Maurice Ravel
Artists:
Violinist - Stefan Jackiw
Pianist - Conrad Tao
Cellist - Jay Campbell
Learn more about the festival at hawaiicmf.org.
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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. Hear from this From the Top alum on this edition of Tuesday Student Takeover. -
Born and raised in Hawaiʻi, Chris Yick, the founder and President of the Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Festival has offered a tuition-free music festival experience to local students since 2018. This year, the Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Festival opens enrollment to string players and pianists. -
Executive Director of Hawai`i Chamber Music Festival, Chris Yick talks about how the festival has grown since itʻs founding in 2018. Yick previews highlights from next weekʻs festival, and talks about the sponsors, the artists and the students that make up the HCMF community. -
Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva interviews cellist Camden Shaw from the Dover Quartet. The quartet performs at UH’s Orvis Auditorium on November 18 in a concert presented by Honolulu Chamber Music Series. Shaw explains how their program of music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schnittke are connected. -
Tubaist Dr. Thomas J. Ricer joined Morning Café to share about the upcoming Chamber Music Hawai‘i concerts featuring the Honolulu Brass Quintet. -
Richard Strauss’s “Metamorphosen” and Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet have more in common than you’d think. Listen to this preview of a free concert featuring the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Orion String Quartet. George Hudes of Honolulu Chamber Music Series shares his insights on Evening Concert with host Craig DeSilva.
