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“We have to go back.”

 Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra presents an evening with Michael Giacchino conducting his music from the made-in-Hawai'i television show LOST.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the iconic TV series LOST – consistently ranked as one of the top television series of all time and described by Alex Ross of The New Yorker as “a phenomenon” with Giacchino’s contribution being “crucial to the show’s cult success” – Giacchino conducts an evening of music and storytelling, featuring the Emmy® Award-winning score, video clips on the big screen, and special guests: the award-winning LOST actors: Evangeline Lilly as “Kate Austen” and Henry Ian Cusick as “Desmond Hume”. Presented in association with Little Jacket Industries and ABC Studios.

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Special thanks to the University of Hawaiʻi Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection for the loan of Hawaiian and Indonesian instruments.

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The power of the human spirit triumphs over fate's dark shadows in a program of absolute Beethoven. Pioneering Hawaiʻi-born, Rapa Nui pianist Mahani Teave joins Dane Lam and your HSO for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, the unconquerable Symphony No. 5, and the Hawaiʻi premiere of Iman Habibi's Beethoven-inspired Jeder Baum Spricht (Every Tree Speaks).

Ticket holders: We invite you to join us in the auditorium at 3:00 PM for a special pre-concert talk.

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“Come and be a child again!”

A new beginning comes from the voice that takes us home in the islands, where forever starts today. Back by popular demand, Grammy-nominated and 25 Nā Hōkū Hanohano winner Robert Cazimero reunites with your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for a once-in-a-life-time concert experience.

Performed for the first time with a rainbow of orchestral colors, become a part of Hawaiian music history-making as Cazimero presents his newly composed songs, a serenade of lush future classics spanning a deep passion for hula, show tunes, and Hawaiʻi Nei.

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Mischief Managed!

The wondrous world of Harry Potter comes to life with the music of John Williams' GRAMMY®-nominated scores performed live in concert.

Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents the best of these enchanted film scores, conjuring the Wizarding World with fan-favorite themes. From Diagon Alley to the Knight Bus, take flight on a Hogwarts musical adventure through the Sorcerer's Stone, the Chamber of Secrets, and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Potter fans unite; something wicked this way comes!

Please note this concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

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Conjure the animated universe of Hayao Miyazaki's acclaimed and award-winning films with the spellbinding music of Joe Hisaishi. Featuring music from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Kiki's Delivery Service, your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents the music of legendary Studio Ghibli favorites in a symphonic performance.

Special guest, announcer and YouTuber Norie Green joins the HSO for an unforgettable adventure of anime music perfect for fans and the whole family.

Please note this concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

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Spirited Away © 2001 Studio Ghibli - NDDTM

Howlʻs Moving Castle © 2004 Studio Ghibli - NDDMT

Kiki’s Delivery Service © 1989 Eiko Kadono - Studio Ghibli - N

My Neighbor Totoro © 1988 Studio Ghibli

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“Don Giovanni, your time is up!”

The opera world’s infamous scoundrel meets eternal damnation in one of the greatest operas ever. Mozart’s timeless tale of the immoral man punished storms to the concert stage. Don Giovanni’s lavish, shameless, and predatory lifestyle is numbered when his crimes invite an avenging stone phantom. Presented in concert performance, join your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra and a cast of voices for Don Giovanni in Concert, a symphonic opera house where evildoers face justice, fire, and brimstone.

Ticket holders: We invite you to join us in the auditorium at 3:00 PM for a special pre-concert talk.

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“Sweet and sour like a lilikoi, oh my joy!”

There’s No Place Like Home when Hawaiʻi’s queen of soul, Paula Fuga, joins your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for a one-night-only evening of Sweet Reverie!

Paula’s embracing songs of life’s sweet and sour moments heal, empower, and celebrate Mana Wāhine. Enchanting the world stage from the Sydney Opera House to the White House, her spellbound vocals return to the symphonic stage like never before with selections from Lilikoi, Too Hot Mama, and Misery’s End.

Featuring Mana Up’s 2023 Artists to Watch People’s Choice Award winner, Hezekiah Lagestee, come with arms raised for an unforgettable powerhouse of heart and soul.

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Hahai nō ka ua i ka ulu lā’au (The rain follows after the forest). The mana of Hawaiʻi’s native forests awakens with the magic of animation, music, narration, and hula of the Symphony of the Hawai‘i Forests.

Presented for the first time in public performance, journey from raindrops to rivers to the deepest roots with stories to ignite the imagination and safeguard our natural wonders.

An adventure perfect for the family, time travel alongside native plants, wildlife, snails, and mountain giants as they guide their human friends to discover their connections and role in preserving the life-giving ʻāina. 

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Your Hawaiʻi Symphony unites with the force of song, vision, and virtuosity, giving voice to the beauty and glory of our planet Earth. Dane Lam conducts Mahler's monumental song cycle of life, death, and nature, Das Lied von der Erde, joined by tenor Warren Mok and mezzo-soprano Stacey Rishoi, paired with Tan Dun's sweeping cello concerto from Ang Lee’s Academy Award-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon performed by HSO's own Mark Votapek.

Ticket holders: We invite you to join us in the auditorium at 3:00 PM for a special pre-concert talk.

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Lyricism and emotion run deep with the return of Maestro Anthony Parnther guest conducting your HSO with pianist David Kaplan. Hailed by Brahms as a masterpiece of art, Kaplan performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 paired with Brahms' Serenade No. 1 and the re-discovery of Florence Price's dark and enigmatic tone poem, The Oak.

Ticket holders: We invite you to join us in the auditorium at 3:00 PM for a special pre-concert talk.

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*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.

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Conjure the animated universe of Hayao Miyazaki's acclaimed and award-winning films with the spellbinding music of Joe Hisaishi. Featuring music from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Kiki's Delivery Service, your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents the music of legendary Studio Ghibli favorites in a symphonic performance.

Special guest, announcer and YouTuber Norie Green joins the HSO conducted by Composer in Residence Michael-Thomas Foumai for an unforgettable adventure of anime music perfect for fans and the whole family.

Please note this concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

This concert is now SOLD OUT.

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Spirited Away © 2001 Studio Ghibli - NDDTM

Howlʻs Moving Castle © 2004 Studio Ghibli - NDDMT

Kiki’s Delivery Service © 1989 Eiko Kadono - Studio Ghibli - N

My Neighbor Totoro © 1988 Studio Ghibli

*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.

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The Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen in Concert with composer Christophe Beck’s GRAMMY®-nominated score performed live to the film. The film and its multi-Platinum soundtrack feature eight songs written by Academy Award®, Emmy®, and GRAMMY®-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, including the Oscar® and GRAMMY®-winning song “Let It Go” performed by Idina Menzel.

Fearless optimist, Princess Anna, sets off on an epic journey – teaming up with rugged mountain man, Kristoff, and his loyal reindeer Sven – to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. Voices include Kristen Bell (Anna), Jonathan Groff (Kristoff), Idina Menzel (Elsa), Josh Gad (Olaf), Santino Fontana (Hans), Alan Tudyk (Duke of Weselton). The film received the Academy® Award for Best Animated Feature.

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*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.

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The Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen in Concert with composer Christophe Beck’s GRAMMY®-nominated score performed live to the film. The film and its multi-Platinum soundtrack feature eight songs written by Academy Award®, Emmy®, and GRAMMY®-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, including the Oscar® and GRAMMY®-winning song “Let It Go” performed by Idina Menzel.

Fearless optimist, Princess Anna, sets off on an epic journey – teaming up with rugged mountain man, Kristoff, and his loyal reindeer Sven – to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. Voices include Kristen Bell (Anna), Jonathan Groff (Kristoff), Idina Menzel (Elsa), Josh Gad (Olaf), Santino Fontana (Hans), Alan Tudyk (Duke of Weselton). The film received the Academy® Award for Best Animated Feature.

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Your Hawaiʻi Symphony presents a sumptuous menu of "symphonic" ingredients perfect for the seasonal feast!

Savor the sonic flavors of India and East Asia in Hovhaness' Symphony No. 15, paired with the world premiere of local composer Jon Magnussen's Kau Mea Nui Progress(ions). HSO's principal violist Mark Butin and baritone Leon Williams take center stage for a new orchestration of Brahms' intimate Two Songs.

The melodious banquet concludes with Schwertsik's bite-size five-minute symphony and Mozart's Jupiter Symphony (critically acclaimed and regarded as one of the greatest symphonies in classical music).

Ticket holders: We invite you to join us in the auditorium at 3:00 PM for a special pre-concert talk.

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23x Nā Hōkū Hanohano winner Na Leo Pilimehana has been sharing their gift of music with Hawai'i for over three decades with hits like “Local Boys”, “I Miss You My Hawaii” and their popular 2007 album “Hawaiian Holidays: Christmas with Na Leo”. Kick off the holiday festivities  with your HSO and merry melody makers, Nalani Jenkins, Lehua Kalima and Angela Morales for a Christmas concert unlike any other.

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Brilliant violinist Simone Porter and didgeridoo player William Barton join forces with Dane Lam and your HSO for a rallying roar of a changing planet. Experience the icy virtuosity of the Sibelius Violin Concerto, the wild heat of Sculthorpe’s Earth Cry, and a duel with fate in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.

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"Who you gonna call?”

Experience the  1984 film Ghostbusters like never before, with the Oscar®-winning score performed live by your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra.

This Halloween weekend at Hawaii Theatre, bring your proton pack and join the original paranormal investigation and elimination team as they capture their first ghost, Slimer, and encounter their first god of destruction, Gozer the Gozerian!

Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City after their careers in academia go awry. The film’s co-stars include Sigourney Weaver as the Ghostbusters’ first client turned Gatekeeper, Rick Moranis as an accountant turned Keymaster, and Ernie Hudson as the Ghostbusters’ first recruit. (Rated PG)

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*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.

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"Who you gonna call?”

Experience the  1984 film Ghostbusters like never before, with the Oscar®-winning score performed live by your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra.

This Halloween weekend at Hawaii Theatre, bring your proton pack and join the original paranormal investigation and elimination team as they capture their first ghost, Slimer, and encounter their first god of destruction, Gozer the Gozerian!

Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City after their careers in academia go awry. The film’s co-stars include Sigourney Weaver as the Ghostbusters’ first client turned Gatekeeper, Rick Moranis as an accountant turned Keymaster, and Ernie Hudson as the Ghostbusters’ first recruit. (Rated PG)

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*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.

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A Collaboration between Hawaii Youth Symphony and the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra

Side-by-Side programs are joint initiatives of professional orchestras and youth orchestras; a chance for aspiring young musicians to play in the “major leagues” for a night or two. Students and pros become stand partners and sit side-by-side.

Our fall 2023 Side-by-Side concert will be performed by 150 musicians, which is possibly the biggest orchestra to ever perform at the iconic Waikiki Shell Amphitheater. This multi-generational orchestra includes 86 musicians from Youth Symphony I and 64 musicians from the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra.

We are proud to collaborate with the Hawaii Youth Symphony on this special project and invite all to come attend the performances!

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the Hawaii Youth Symphony and your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra are pleased to offer these concerts FREE  to the public. No tickets or RSVP needed.

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A thousand and one nights of symphonic sorcery conjure the dawn of Music Director, Dane Lam. GRAMMY award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh joins your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for the spellbinding opening of the 23-24 Halekulani Masterworks season.

Join us for this journey into ritual, enchantment, and legend with the Hawaiʻi premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Violin Concerto “Procession,” the world premiere of Michael-Thomas Foumai’s Children of Gods featuring poetry narrated by Hawaiʻi Poet Laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s timeless tale of Scheherazade.

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Your HSO launches the 23/24 HapaSymphony Series with a night of love, inclusion, and DRAG. Beyond Hapa features an abundance of Hawai’i-born divas performing everything from operatic favorites to mele to Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto.

Mesmerizing songstress Lea Almanza, jazzy Starr Kalahiki, incomparable pianist Lady Laritza La Bouche, and the legendary Brandy Lee will join your favorite orchestra to bring you a spine-tingling symphonic experience. Renowned Hawai’i performer Cocoa Chandelier will be our host for the evening and we’ll even have a special appearance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu.

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The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at the Honolulu Zoo. JoAnn Falletta will be conducting your HSO for this Keiki Concert with narration in English.

Admission is free with your ticket to the Honolulu Zoo.

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*Tickets are not needed for this performance. This performance is included with your admission to the Honolulu Zoo.

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The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at the Honolulu Zoo. JoAnn Falletta will be conducting your HSO for this Keiki Concert with narration in English.

Admission is free with your ticket to the Honolulu Zoo.

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*Tickets are not needed for this performance. This performance is included with your admission to the Honolulu Zoo.

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Acclaimed by The New York Times as ‘one of the finest conductors of her generation’, JoAnn Falletta returns to the Waikiki Shell in her new role as Conductor Emeritus to perform selections from the operatic canon. Hear excerpts from Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle and Strauss’s Suite from Der Rosenkavalier. 

This concert will feature a performance by Celina Lim, a winner of our 2023 Nā Hōkū ‘Ōpio Young Stars music competition.

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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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The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at the Honolulu Zoo. Dane Lam will be conducting your HSO for this Keiki Concert with narration in English.

Admission is free with your ticket to the Honolulu Zoo.

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*Tickets are not needed for this performance. This performance is included with your admission to the Honolulu Zoo.

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The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at the Honolulu Zoo. Dane Lam will be conducting your HSO for this Keiki Concert with narration in English.

Admission is free with your ticket to the Honolulu Zoo.

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*Tickets are not needed for this performance. This performance is included with your admission to the Honolulu Zoo.

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Dane Lam takes center stage for his official debut as Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra's first Music Director.

Experience the upcoming 23-24 concert season with a blockbuster line-up of season hits and more, including selections from Rimsky-Korsakov, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky, a performance by Kenneth Hironaka (a winner of our 2023 Nā Hōkū' Ōpio Young Stars music competition), and special appearances from the acclaimed Paula Fuga, and winner of the Mana Up 2022 People's Choice Award, Trishnālei.

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Community Heroes: dane invites you!

Dane would like to honor and celebrate the contributions of Hawaiʻi’s community heroes with $1 tickets for this special performance. Teachers, nurses and healthcare workers, and first responders and their families are eligible for this limited discount. Use code TYHERO to unlock your $1 tickets.

Community hero tickets are made possible through the generosity of the HSO Board of Directors and season-long support from the Kosasa Foundation, Altres, Halekulani, Sheraton, and Lexus Hawaiʻi. 

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