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Classical Pacific
Weekdays 3-6pm on HPR-2
Classical Pacific presents classical music from pre-Renaissance to the current day, locally curated from a Pacific perspective.
View HPR-2's Classical Music Conversations
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Sylvia Flores beats the summer blues with her favorite sad classical pieces. An organizer of events for Generation Listen, Flores is HPR's Marketing Digital Content Producer and a former clarinetist who is very fond of your home for classical music.
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Reporting from Guangfu on Taiwan’s east coast, Dr. Lum explores the connection between Taiwan and Polynesia. He shares how the indigenous people of Taiwan speak a diverse array of languages that form the oldest branches of the Austronesian language family tree, and talks about the migration of Austronesian people across the Pacific.
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Eha Batutas makes their debut performance at a sold out concert at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio on Saturday, July 6. The quartet is made up of Dean Taba, bass, Gustavo D'Amico, saxophone, Rafael Amaral, guitar, and Abe Lagrimas, Jr, drums and each musician will bring in 2 of their compositions for an evening of all original works. Amaral and Taba visit HPR2 to talk about composition, work and the origin of the band.
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Harpist Kaiulani Rita Dunn grew up in South Carolina and is an accomplished harpist who started her music studies on ukulele with her mother. Dunn will be attending Cleveland Institute of Music in the Fall to do her graduate studies with Yolanda Kondonassis. The pieces included in this interview were all performed by Kaiulani Rita Dunn and they are: Salzedoʻs Mirage, Grandjanyʻs Rhapsody and Handelʻs Concerto for Harp in Bb Major..
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Host of Brazilian Experience and singer, Sandy Tsukiyama talks about her upcoming sold out concert with Arara de Vento. Made up of friends who enjoy playing music together- Rafael Borges Amaral (guitars), Gustavo DʻAmico (saxophone), Tommy James (piano) and Mark Tanouye (bass).
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Artistic Director of The Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble, Timothy Carney visited Classical Pacific a few days ahead of their Masterworks Concert. Joined by singers of the community and musicians of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble will perform Johannes Brahmsʻ "Requiem" at the Sacred Hearts Academy Chapel. Carney gives us insight into the Requiem and the life of an artistic director!