Craig DeSilva
Host of Evening Concert (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)Craig DeSilva is glad to be playing recorded music on the air instead of playing for a live audience on stage as did when he studied piano. He began piano lessons when he was a child and continued piano studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (where he majored in broadcast journalism and minored in music) under the late Peter Coraggio.
Craig got his start in radio as a news reporter and announcer on Hawaiʻi Public Radio and has filed stories for many national radio programs, including National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and Voice of America. Off the public radio airwaves, he’s written for Hawaii Business magazine and was assistant editor for Pacific Islands Report at the East-West Center.
Heʻs currently employed as a corporate writer at HMSA and writes for Island Scene magazine. Craig is a proud supporter of local arts and culture in Hawaiʻi. He serves on the volunteer board for Honolulu Chamber Music Series. And he enjoys sharing music on Evening Concert that highlights arts events in the Islands -- your requests are welcome.
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Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s Michael-Thomas Foumai talks about M&M. No, not the candy. But rather, two ground-breaking composers: Mozart and Mahler. Foumai provides insight on two works by these composers being performed at the next HSO concert featuring two Gustavs. -
After 30 years of performing around the world, the Miró Quartet will finally make its Hawaiʻi debut with two concerts. Cellist Joshua Gindele, one of the founding members, spoke to Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva about how the quartet has evolved over the past three decades. -
Michael-Thomas Foumai of the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra previewed two concerts this week that are sure to spread some holiday cheer. The Hapa Holiday Extravaganza will feature Natalie Ai Kamauu along with dancing, storytelling, Santa, and more. Home Alone in Concert will feature a screening of the beloved holiday movie classic with the HSO performing the film score composed by John Williams. Listen to Foumai's conversation with Craig DeSilva on Evening Concert. And find out why he didn’t enjoy sitting on Santa’s lap as a toddler. -
The Prague-based Trio Bohémo loves sharing beautiful traditional chamber music from their homeland with audiences around the world. You can find out what they have planned as they make their Hawaii premier this weekend in a concert featuring music by Rejcha, Martinů, and Mendelssohn. -
Pianist Jeremy Denk has had an on-again, off-again relationship with Bach’s partitas over his long career. But now, Bach’s set of dance pieces are here to stay. Denk performs all six partitas during a solo recital in a concert presented by Honolulu Chamber Music Series. -
When violinist Anne Akiko Meyers performs with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, she’ll be escorted by bodyguards. Not to protect her. After all, who’d want to harm one of America’s beloved violinists? Instead, the extra security is for her prized Guarneri “Vieuxtemps” violin. You can see Meyers perform on this rare violin for the Hawaiʻi premiere of Blue Electra, a new work she commissioned American composer Michael Dougherty to write based on the life of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. -
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s Michael-Thomas Foumai is in the Halloween spirit. He showed off his costume during an interview on Evening Concert to preview a special Halloween concert he’ll be conducting that will feature spooky stories and a costume contest. He also talks about a concert featuring violinist Anne Akiko Meyers playing a new work by his former music teacher, Michael Daugherty. And why is E.T. perched on the table? Listen to the interview to find out. -
For the past 71 years, Honolulu Chamber Music Series (HCMS) has been bringing classical music artists from around the world to local audiences. Helen Chao-Casano, an HCMS board member, gives us a sneak peek into scheduled performances with two string quartets, a piano trio, and a vocal ensemble. -
They call her the Jimi Hendrix of the pipa, a 2,000-year-old lute-like Chinese instrument. Wu Man is one of the few pipa virtuoso performers in the world. She spoke to Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva about her Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra performance this weekend of a pipa concerto that was composed for her. -
He came. He saw. He conquered. Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s Michael-Thomas Foumai appeared on Evening Concert dressed for the part to talk about HSO’s Pines of Rome concerts. Saturday’s one-hour family-friendly performance will include a story written by Foumai that he’ll narrate during the concert. Find out if he reads it with an Italian accent.
