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Be among the first in Hawaiʻi to experience the excitement and adrenaline-fueled drama of this awesome symphonic music, as the epic universes of The Witcher 3, World of Warcraft, Ori, The Elder Scrolls, Assassin‘s Creed, Guild Wars 2, Portal 2, Bioshock, and many others unfold before your eyes with your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra!

Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents an arcade overture with stunning symphonic soundtrack music from an unprecedented lineup of blockbuster video games accompanied by never-before-seen HD video. Game On! will take the HSO concert experience to the next level, blending the excitement of gaming with the grandeur of live orchestral music. Featuring music from fan favorites such as Witcher 3, World of Warcraft, Ori, The Elder Scrolls, Assassin‘s Creed, Guild Wars 2, BioShock, and more.

Orchestra photo: Andy Brick conducts Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. ©2008-2024, Andy Brick Music LLC. All rights reserved.

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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.

Intro

Be among the first in Hawaiʻi to experience the excitement and adrenaline-fueled drama of this awesome symphonic music, as the epic universes of The Witcher 3, World of Warcraft, Ori, The Elder Scrolls, Assassin‘s Creed, Guild Wars 2, Portal 2, Bioshock, and many others unfold before your eyes with your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra!

Featuring concert premieres of stunning symphonic music from an unprecedented lineup of blockbuster video games, Game ON! combines unrivaled symphonic arrangements with stunning, never-before-seen HD video at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.

Orchestra photo: Andy Brick conducts Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. ©2008-2024, Andy Brick Music LLC. All rights reserved.

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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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“Booooooo!!!!!”

Join your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for an evening of Hawaiʻi’s best ghost stories and spooky music favorites, narrated by HI Now Daily Correspondent Lauren Teruya. Come in costume, if you dare! Sunday’s matinee offers a family-friendly version of the show.

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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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“At the symphony, everyone can hear you scream!” – Dane Macabre (Maestro Dane Lam)

Join your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for an evening of Hawaiʻi’s best ghost stories and spooky music favorites, narrated by HI Now Daily Correspondent Lauren Teruya. Come in costume, if you dare! Sunday’s matinee offers a family-friendly version of the show.

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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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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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*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 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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Imagery: 

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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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. 

Education Concert Sponsors

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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.

Intro

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.

Concert Sponsor

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Imagery: 

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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Mads Tolling is an internationally renowned violinist and composer originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, now living in San Francisco. As a former member of both bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and the celebrated Turtle Island Quartet, Mads won two Grammy Awards, and he was nominated for a third Grammy in 2015.  Mads has performed with Chick Corea, Ramsey Lewis, Kenny Barron, Paquito D’Rivera, Leo Kottke and Sergio & Odair Assad. He is a current member of Bob Weir’s Wolf Bros & Wolfpack. Now leading his band, Mads Tolling & The Mads Men, he celebrates the music of the 1960s “mad men era” with his own distinctive style and innovative flair.

For the first half, Mads Tolling & The Mads Men bring a fun and exciting program that is as nostalgic as it is contemporary, with re-imagined jazzed-up songs from 1960s television, film, and radio. The band will perform songs from their critically acclaimed release, Playing The 60s, ranging from “Good Vibrations” and “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly,” to “A Taste of Honey” and “Georgia on my Mind.” Joining Mads on this journey are his Mads Men—world-class musicians Colin Hogan on piano, Gary Brown on bass, and Eric Garland on drums.

The second half of the concert will feature Mads and HSO collaborating – performing Mads’ violin concerto, Begejstring.  Begejstring is a Danish word, which means excitement, enthusiasm, gusto, and passion. 

It is a 3-movement concerto that stylistically runs the gamut from classical and folk to jazz and latin. The HSO and Mads will also tackle two pieces by jazz-violin legend, Jean-Luc Ponty along with a string arrangement of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.

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The Irish Tenors have been the acknowledged Celtic music kings since they burst upon the scene during a 1998 special. With ten best selling CD’s to their credit, they share company with the likes of The Three Tenors and Andrea Bocelli as the biggest money makers PBS has presented. 

The Irish Tenors rekindled the love of all things Irish in America, and opened the door for countless Irish music groups to hit the United States, but The Irish Tenors cannot be duplicated; The Irish Tenors are the real deal! They have stood the test of time; audiences of all ages love the Irish Tenors and clamor to get tickets whenever they perform. Full houses and standing ovations are the norm for The Irish Tenors. 

The Irish Tenors have performed all over the world, including the best venues in America, From Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Gardens and Carnegie Hall in New York to The Hollywood Bowl in California – they have blazed the trail from coast to coast stopping in nearly every city in between; thrilling audiences at every single stop with their enchanting Irish repertoire, sweeping secular selections and dynamic fare.

The Irish Tenors will perform on the Hawaii Theatre Center stage with the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra.

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Intro

In August 2018, Yo-Yo Ma began a two-year journey to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in 36 locations around the world, music that is among the first Yo-Yo ever learned when he began playing the cello at age four. The project is motivated not only by his six-decade relationship with the music, but also by Bach’s ability to speak to our shared humanity at a time when our civic conversation is so often focused on division.

For Yo-Yo, Bach’s 300-hundred-year-old music is one extraordinary example of how culture connects us and can help us to imagine and build a better future, but he believes there are many, many more. And for Yo-Yo, culture includes not just the arts, but everything that helps us to understand our environment, each other, and ourselves, from music and literature to science and food. The Bach Project explores and celebrates all the ways that culture makes us stronger as individuals, as communities, as a society, and as a planet.

“The shared understanding that culture generates in these divisive times can bind us together as one world, and guide us to political and economic decisions that benefit the entire species. We are all cultural beings — let’s explore how culture connects us and can help to shape a better future.”
– YO-YO MA

Event Sponsors

The Kosasa Family

The Conley Family Foundation

Underwriters

Gov. Ben & Vicky Cayetano

Jason & Beverly Kravitt

Jenkins Eye Care and Padosi Foundation

Kenneth Robbins

Ginny Tiu

Season Sponsors

*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.

Box Office – Blaisdell Center

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One of the most versatile and cosmopolitan saxophonists in pop, soul, and contemporary jazz, Michael Paulo, joins American superstar jazz pianist, composer, and producer David Benoit, for one magical night with your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. You'll hear some of your favorite charts including Swingin' Waikiki, Watermelon Man, Kei's Song, and many more.

Event Sponsor

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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.

Box Office – Blaisdell Center

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Your HSO presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back IN CONCERT featuring Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ music performed live to screenings of the complete film.

Star Wars fans will be able to experience this beloved film and unique symphonic event June 17-19, 2022.

This exciting concert will be conducted by acclaimed conductor and Punahou alumni Sarah Hicks.

Purchase tickets online or call the Blaisdell Center Box Office at (808) 768-5252.

Films in Concert Series Sponsor

Season Sponsors

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.

Box Office – Blaisdell Center

Intro

Your HSO presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back IN CONCERT featuring Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ music performed live to screenings of the complete film.

Star Wars fans will be able to experience this beloved film and unique symphonic event June 17-19, 2022.

This exciting concert will be conducted by acclaimed conductor and Punahou alumni Sarah Hicks.

Purchase tickets online or call the Blaisdell Center Box Office at (808) 768-5252.

Films in Concert Series Sponsor

Season sponsors

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.

Box Office – Blaisdell Center

Intro

Your HSO presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back IN CONCERT featuring Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ music performed live to screenings of the complete film.

Star Wars fans will be able to experience this beloved film and unique symphonic event June 17-19, 2022.

This exciting concert will be conducted by acclaimed conductor and Punahou alumni Sarah Hicks.

Purchase tickets online or call the Blaisdell Center Box Office at (808) 768-5252.

Films in Concert Series Sponsor

Season Sponsors

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.

Box Office – Blaisdell Center

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The FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Orchestra World Tour, presented by AWR Music Productions, is an electrifying new concert based entirely on the groundbreaking game from SQUARE ENIX. Experience all-new symphonic arrangements based on composer Nobuo Uematsu’s beloved FINAL FANTASY VII music, and the FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE theme song "Hollow."

This brand new music is performed by an orchestra and chorus of over 100 musicians, led by GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Arnie Roth, with stunning, high-definition video scenes from the new game created exclusively for this concert by SQUARE ENIX.

Immerse yourself in the world of one of the most visionary games of all time with this sensational multimedia concert experience!

AWR Music Productions, LLC, and Square Enix Co., Ltd. All associated trademarks are owned by and used under license from SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. © 1997, 2020, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA/ROBERTO FERRARI LOGO ILLUSTRATION: ©1997 YOSHITAKA AMANO

Intro

The FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Orchestra World Tour, presented by AWR Music Productions, is an electrifying new concert based entirely on the groundbreaking game from SQUARE ENIX. Experience all-new symphonic arrangements based on composer Nobuo Uematsu’s beloved FINAL FANTASY VII music, and the FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE theme song "Hollow."

This brand new music is performed by an orchestra and chorus of over 100 musicians, led by GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Arnie Roth, with stunning, high-definition video scenes from the new game created exclusively for this concert by SQUARE ENIX.

Immerse yourself in the world of one of the most visionary games of all time with this sensational multimedia concert experience!

AWR Music Productions, LLC, and Square Enix Co., Ltd. All associated trademarks are owned by and used under license from SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. © 1997, 2020, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA/ROBERTO FERRARI LOGO ILLUSTRATION: ©1997 YOSHITAKA AMANO