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Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra takes center stage in an all-symphonic odyssey of Hungary’s vibrant culture of dance and folk music. Conductor Tito Muñoz leads the Masterwork’s season finale in a Hungarian festival including Brahms’ beloved Hungarian Dances, Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies, and Bartók’s tour de force, Concerto for Orchestra.

Join us at 3:00 PM for a 30 minute pre-concert talk.

Conductor Erina Yashima has withdrawn from the performance and will be replaced by the acclaimed Tito Muñoz.

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Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra takes center stage in an all-symphonic odyssey of Hungary’s vibrant culture of dance and folk music. Conductor Tito Muñoz leads the Masterwork’s season finale in a Hungarian festival including Brahms’ beloved Hungarian Dances, Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies, and Bartók’s tour de force, Concerto for Orchestra.

Conductor Erina Yashima has withdrawn from the performance and will be replaced by the acclaimed Tito Muñoz.

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Lauded by the Boston Globe as having “the charisma of a rock star,” violin virtuoso Charles Yang is a member of the acclaimed crossover trio Time for Three and has collaborated with artists including Jon Batiste and Jake Shimbakuro.  He joins the HSO in the First Violin Concerto of pioneering American composer Philip Glass – a piece hailed by Classic FM as “the best concerto of the last 50 years.”

Join us at 3:00 PM for a 30 minute pre-concert talk.

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South Korean master of the keyboard Jae-Hyuck is the soloist for the elegant Piano Concerto No. 20 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  Also on the program, former Houston Symphony Music Director Hans Graf conducts the Fourth Symphony of Robert Schumann.

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South Korean master of the keyboard Jae-Hyuck is the soloist for the elegant Piano Concerto No. 20 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  Also on the program, former Houston Symphony Music Director Hans Graf conducts the Fourth Symphony of Robert Schumann.

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Concert Update: Because of ill health, violinist Karen Gomyo has reluctantly had to cancel her appearance with the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra on February 5.

Acclaimed conductor Anthony Parnther leads the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra in the Third Symphony of American master Florence Price. Violinist Chee-Yun also joins your HSO for a performance of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole.

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Acclaimed conductor and host of the PBS miniseries Now Hear This, Scott Yoo is back to lead your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

Regarded by Wagner as “the apotheosis of dance”, Beethoven’s hauntingly seductive Symphony No. 7 carries a profound, rhythmic beauty to keep you on the edge of your seat. Then, masterful accordionist Hanzhi Wang performs Piazolla’s Aconcagua, fluttering with the essence of tango.

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Acclaimed conductor and host of the PBS miniseries Now Hear This, Scott Yoo is back to lead your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

Regarded by Wagner as “the apotheosis of dance”, Beethoven’s hauntingly seductive Symphony No. 7 carries a profound, rhythmic beauty to keep you on the edge of your seat. Then, masterful accordionist Hanzhi Wang performs Piazolla’s Aconcagua, fluttering with the essence of tango.

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Piano prodigy Harmony Zhu – the youngest ever winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition - performs the virtuosic Piano Concerto of Clara Schumann.  Also on the program, Earl Lee – the most recent recipient of the prestigious Sir George Solti Conducting Award - leads the HSO in the Fourth Symphony of Johannes Brahms.

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Primitive…passionate…powerful…Carmina Burana is a concert experience not to be missed! Dynamic conductor Akiko Fujimoto leads the combined forces of your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra and O'ahu Choral Society in Carl Orff’s epic masterpiece. You'll also hear Mason Bates’ Alternative Energy; an electrifying experience of sound spanning four movements, hundreds of years, and featuring everything from junkyard percussion to techno electronics.

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*Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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Legendary Japanese conductor, Naoto Otomo, makes his much-anticipated return to Honolulu for a program featuring Mozart’s majestic “Haffner” Symphony and Mendelssohn’s sunny “Italian” Symphony.

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HSO Principal Timpanist Brad Davis takes center stage in a thrilling concerto by GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty.  Dane Lam, who holds conducting posts in Australia and China, leads the HSO in the First Symphony of Honolulu born Dai-Keong Lee and Dvorak’s enduring love letter to America.

A special thanks to Hawaiʻi Youth Powered Education Designers for donating the timpani featured in tonight’s performance.

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Tickets for this concert are sold through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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HSO Principal Timpanist Brad Davis takes center stage in a thrilling concerto by GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty.  Dane Lam, who holds conducting posts in Australia and China, leads the HSO in the First Symphony of Honolulu born Dai-Keong Lee and Dvořák’s enduring love letter to America.

A special thanks to Hawaiʻi Youth Powered Education Designers for donating the timpani featured in tonight’s performance.

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Tickets for this concert are sold through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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Beyond the Music previews the Masterworks concerts, helping to encourage curiosity in the minds of keiki and kupuna alike as a standalone performance, or before attending Masterworks concerts. Programs are carefully curated by guest conductors and local humanities leaders to create an evening of music and knowledge sharing that is unique to Hawai'i.

Conductor Dane Lam returns to lead the HSO in excerpts from Dvořák’s New World Symphony. HSO Director of Artistic Engagement and Composer in Residence, Michael-Thomas Foumai takes center stage to highlight musical and historical context that is specific to our island home.

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Tickets for this concert are sold through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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Described as "the most ferocious piece of music in existence," Gustav Holst's galactic and sonic depictions of The Planets comes to the Waikiki Shell. Surf the symphonic solar system with JoAnn Falletta leading your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra and acclaimed pianist Joyce Yang in the thunderous, flourishing and Nordic melodies of Edvard Grieg's impassioned Piano Concerto in A-minor.

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Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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Described as "the most ferocious piece of music in existence," Gustav Holst's galactic and sonic depictions of The Planets comes to the Waikiki Shell. Surf the symphonic solar system with JoAnn Falletta leading your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra and acclaimed pianist Joyce Yang in the thunderous, flourishing and Nordic melodies of Edvard Grieg's impassioned Piano Concerto in A-minor.

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Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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Keitaro Harada leads the HSO in our final indoor Masterworks concert of the season. The performance features three selections from prolific Japanese composer, Takashi Yoshimatsu. Todd Yukumoto plays Nikolai Kapustin’s jazz-inspired Concerto for Alto Saxophone.

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This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

Tickets for this concert are sold through the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Box Office. For additional information, please call (808) 380-7720 or email us at tickets@hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org.

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Keitaro Harada leads the HSO in our final indoor Masterworks concert of the season. The performance features three selections from prolific Japanese composer, Takashi Yoshimatsu. Todd Yukumoto plays Nikolai Kapustin’s jazz-inspired Concerto for Alto Saxophone.

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This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

Tickets for this concert are sold through the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Box Office. For additional information, please call (808) 380-7720 or email us at tickets@hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org.

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Take solace in the harmonious sound of symphonic voices, celebrating imperishable resilience in the face of oppression. Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra and Oʻahu Choral Society join forces with conductor Joshua Habermann, soprano Martina Bingham, mezzo-soprano Maya Hoover, tenor Michael St. Peter and baritone Leon Williams, in Mozart’s eternal Requiem in D minor, and the Hawaiʻi premiere of Jean Sibelius’s epic cantata for Finnish independence, The Captive Queen, at the historic Kawaiaha'o Church.

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Tickets for this concert are sold through the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Box Office. For additional information, please call (808) 380-7720 or email us at tickets@hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org.

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Take solace in the harmonious sound of symphonic voices, celebrating imperishable resilience in the face of oppression. Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra and Oʻahu Choral Society join forces with conductor Joshua Habermann, soprano Martina Bingham, mezzo-soprano Maya Hoover, tenor Michael St. Peter and baritone Leon Williams, in Mozart’s eternal Requiem in D minor, and the Hawaiʻi premiere of Jean Sibelius’s epic cantata for Finnish independence, The Captive Queen, at the historic Kawaiaha'o Church.

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Kosasa Foundation

Tickets for this concert are sold through the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Box Office. For additional information, please call (808) 380-7720 or email us at tickets@hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org.

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At the turn of the 19th century, a young Beethoven dazzled the world stage with keyboard virtuosity. Mozart foresaw this master talent and prophesized that "one day he will give the world something to talk about." Journey through Beethoven's early trials and triumphs in the fiery Piano Concerto No. 2 and the vigorous No. 3. Anne-Marie McDermott plays and conducts from the keyboard for a tale of two concertos and the world premiere of Leilehua Lanzilotti's evocative meditation on ʻHawaiʻi Aloha, koʻu inoa.

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This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

Tickets for this concert are sold through the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Box Office. For additional information, please call (808) 380-7720 or email us at tickets@hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org.

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At the turn of the 19th century, a young Beethoven dazzled the world stage with keyboard virtuosity. Mozart foresaw this master talent and prophesized that "one day he will give the world something to talk about." Journey through Beethoven's early trials and triumphs in the fiery Piano Concerto No. 2 and the vigorous No. 3. Anne-Marie McDermott plays and conducts from the keyboard for a tale of two concertos and the world premiere wekeend of Leilehua Lanzilotti's evocative meditation on ʻHawaiʻi Aloha, koʻu inoa.

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Kosasa Foundation

This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

Tickets for this concert are sold through the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Box Office. For additional information, please call (808) 380-7720 or email us at tickets@hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org.

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2019 National Sphinx Competition winner Sterling Elliott and maestro Dane Lam join forces with your Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra in a program with six degrees of separation. A lost treasure rediscovered, Mahler's Blumine, once part of the mammoth First Symphony, sounds once more along with Popper's electrifying Hungarian Rhapsody, Brahms's radiant Symphony No. 2, and the spellbinding Clockwerk of Australian composer Maria Grenfell.

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This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

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2019 National Sphinx Competition winner Sterling Elliott and maestro Dane Lam join forces with your Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra in a program with six degrees of separation. A lost treasure rediscovered, Mahler's Blumine, once part of the mammoth First Symphony, sounds once more along with Popper's electrifying Hungarian Rhapsody, Brahms's radiant Symphony No. 2, and the spellbinding Clockwerk of Australian composer Maria Grenfell.

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This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

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Inspiration and re-imagination unite in a program traversing a world’s theatre of memory, co- medy, and the ancient new sounds of the Gamelan. Violinist Kristin Lee and conductor Andrew Gram join your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra in the Hawai’i premiere of Vivian Fung’s Bali-inspi- red Violin Concerto No.1, Haydn’s Symphony No. 60, and Stravinsky’s gateway to musical time travel, Pulcinella Suite.

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This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

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Inspiration and re-imagination unite in a program traversing a world’s theatre of memory, co- medy, and the ancient new sounds of the Gamelan. Violinist Kristin Lee and conductor Andrew Gram join your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra in the Hawai’i premiere of Vivian Fung’s Bali-inspi- red Violin Concerto No.1, Haydn’s Symphony No. 60, and Stravinsky’s gateway to musical time travel, Pulcinella Suite.

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This concert is presented in collaboration with Hawai‘i Triennial 2022. Learn more here.

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American masters take center stage to celebrate an American experience, fearless women, impossible virtuosity, and unforgettable journeys. Violinist Joshua Bell and Soprano Larisa Martinez join your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra in a program of the unshakable American spirit with Barber’s sweeping Violin Concerto, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Bernstein’s West Side Story, Gershwin’s tour de force An American in Paris, and more!

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Rejoice! From Handel’s Baroque epic comes the greatest story ever told, a Messiah of our time. Journey with Jesus of Nazareth, abiding in voices of prophecy, seraphic declaration, and apostolic revelation. The sacred and secular come together, forging a trinity of the divine-human experience. Temptation and betrayal slither in the Passacaglia from Rodrigo, Bach’s beloved Air from the Orchestral Suite No.3, is a vision of the earthly and eternal. Finally, divine design offers a final parable in the resurrection of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.

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Rejoice! From Handel’s Baroque epic comes the greatest story ever told, a Messiah of our time. Journey with Jesus of Nazareth, abiding in voices of prophecy, seraphic declaration, and apostolic revelation. The sacred and secular come together, forging a trinity of the divine-human experience. Temptation and betrayal slither in the Passacaglia from Rodrigo, Bach’s beloved Air from the Orchestral Suite No.3, is a vision of the earthly and eternal. Finally, divine design offers a final parable in the resurrection of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.

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Unleashing a universe of sonic imagination, Darius Milhaud's jazz ballet conjures the primordial passion of humanity through African mythology in The Creation of the World. Sculpting beauty and elegance, Mozart's Flute Concerto in G bridges a gateway into the realms of sorcery with Ravel's extended universe of fairy-tales in Mother Goose and Stravinsky's spellbinding magical revolution in The Firebird.

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