Gene Schiller
Music Director; Host, Morning ConcertGene Schiller joined HPR in September, 1993 as a board operator. His first break came when he was asked to fill in for Music Director Alan Bunin. Six months later, he became the new host of Evening Concert, a program that runs on HPR-2 from 6 to 8 p.m. on weeknights.
In 1996, Gene was invited to take over the Sunday morning classical program, Sunday Brunch, which at the time was scheduled from 10 to noon. "About three years later, I turned it into a request program," he recalls, "and soon after that it was expanded to run from 9 to noon, still in the request format."
Gene, who continues on Sunday Brunch, now hosts Morning Cafe and Morning Concert every morning from 8:00 a.m. to noon. All three are regularly scheduled local classical programs heard on HPR-2.
Gene was named HPR's Music Director in 2001.
He was born in Los Angeles, and his family moved to Hawaiʻi in 1959 just as he entered the third grade. He's lived here ever since, attending St. Louis and then Kaimuki High School. Gene has been in radio for 18 years. He originally joined KORL as a host for a big band show. "I come from a family of musicians," he recalls, "and I am the only member who isn't a musician, doesn't read music or play an instrument - but I've always been a good listener."
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Composer and pianist Thomas Osborne visits Morning Café ahead of the 50th-anniversary celebration of “Makrokosmos Volume I,” a monumental masterwork of 20th-century piano literature by George Crumb.
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Jim Moffitt joins Gene Schiller to share about the free Clarinet Trios concert that takes place on July 12 at the Orvis Auditorim.
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The Wai Ola Alliance discusses the need for a lawsuit against the Navy over Red Hill; A UH Health Economist breaks down the financial benefits of COVID-19 tests for laboratories; Gov. David Ige shares his thoughts on a number of issues, including the Red Hill lawsuit; HPR classical music host Gene Schiller shares the details of an upcoming piano competition on Oʻahu
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Lisa Nakamichi, founder of the Aloha International Piano Festival, joins Gene Schiller on Morning Café to discuss the upcoming inaugural Ke‘alohi International Piano Competition.
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Chamber Music Hawai‘i Board President Jim Moffitt joins Gene Schiller on Morning Café to share about the CMH’s final concert of the season.
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Ian Capps joins host Gene Schiller to discuss Early Music Hawaii's upcoming event which focuses on the Venetian influence on Baroque Germany
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Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott joins Gene Schiller on Morning Café to discuss the upcoming Beethoven Piano Concerto program with Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra.
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Tubaist Dr. Thomas J. Ricer joined Morning Café to share about the upcoming Chamber Music Hawai‘i concerts featuring the Honolulu Brass Quintet.
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Concert organist Alcee Chriss III visits Morning Café to chat about his upcoming performance on March 20, 2022 in Honolulu.
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Concert organist Katelyn Emerson stopped by Morning Café to share about her upcoming performances in Honolulu and Kapa'a.