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The earth and sky embrace when Dane Lam leads Gustav Mahler’s celestial Symphony No. 4 with operatic soprano Sofia Troncoso’s fiendish agility. Paired with Barber’s captive Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and the Pacific Premiere of Huang Ruo’s climate-change inspired Tipping Point (HSO Co-Commission), wander through the crisp and breathtaking colors of the changing world.

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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Prepare for an unforgettable experience as the highly anticipated 2024/25 Kaimana HapaSymphony series opens with none other than Johnny Valentine! Renowned as Hawaiʻi's Favorite Entertainer, Johnny's exceptional vocal range and guitar prowess bring to life the music of Bruno Mars, Arnel Pineda (Journey), Regina Belle, Martin Nievera, Henry Kapono, Kalapana, and more! Don't miss this opportunity to witness Johnny and his talented friends sharing the stage with your HSO for a captivating evening of his original compositions and chart-topping covers from artists such as Bread and The Rascals.

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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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“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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Critically acclaimed violinist, Ray Chen joins forces with Music Director, Dane Lam, and your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra to kick off the 24/25 Halekulani Masterworks season with American soundscapes, featuring Barber’s Violin Concerto, Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and a world premiere by HSO Composer in Residence, Michael-Thomas Foumai.

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Shining, shimmering, splendid! What a wonderful phrase!

The Sheraton Starlight Festival concludes with a spectacular Disney finale! Highlighting iconic songs with special guest singers and orchestra, Hawaiʻi’s own Sarah Hicks returns to conduct your HSO in unforgettable favorites from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, Moana, and so much more! Disney lovers get your tickets and join us under the stars for a summer night no-problem philosophy!

Note: This concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

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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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Shining, shimmering, splendid! What a wonderful phrase!

The Sheraton Starlight Festival concludes with a spectacular Disney finale! Highlighting iconic songs with special guest singers and orchestra, Hawaiʻi’s own Sarah Hicks returns to conduct your HSO in unforgettable favorites from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, Moana, and so much more! Disney lovers get your tickets and join us under the stars for a summer night no-problem philosophy!

Note: This concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

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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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“All children grow up, except one.”

Take flight to a Neverland of magic and pirates with the music of John Williams, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard’s sweeping score to the timeless tale of believing and growing up, Peter Pan! Performances are under 45 minutes, perfect for keiki, family, and fans of movie soundtracks!

Note: This concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

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*Free admission. Please refer to Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell rules and regulations before attending event.

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A power packed evening of the decade’s #1 hit songs, Back to the 80’s features The Power of Love, Time After Time, Material Girl, Another One Bites The Dust, Footloose, Addicted to Love and many others.  Featuring the music of such 80’s iconic stars as Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Huey Lewis & The News, Phil Collins, Queen, Joe Cocker, and others, Back to the 80’s contains all new arrangements by Grammy-winner Jeff Tyzik and features three incredible vocalists.

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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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For the love of the game!

Love and sports collide just in time for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics! Join your HSO for a Starlight summer of love and games. Celebrate the Kings and Queens of music and sports from Elvis Presley, Lady Gaga, the Beatles, and soundtrack hits from the Olympics, the NFL, Chariots of Fire, Rocky, and more! On your mark, get set…go get your tickets!

Note: This concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

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The action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects, this epic film is sheer movie magic 65 million years in the making. Experience Jurassic Park as never before:  projected on the big screen in HD with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture. Welcome… to Jurassic Park!

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Note: This concert includes the film projected on a large screen.

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The action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects, this epic film is sheer movie magic 65 million years in the making. Experience Jurassic Park as never before:  projected on the big screen in HD with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture. Welcome… to Jurassic Park!

© Universal City Studios LLC and Amblin Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Note: This concert includes the film projected on a large screen.

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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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Dane Lam and your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra return to the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell for a concert perfect for the family. Enjoy summertime symphonic hits from the stage and screen, a winner of Nā Hōkū ʻŌpio Young Stars Competition under evening starlight, and musical teasers for the upcoming 24/25 Masterworks season!

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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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Music Director Dane Lam and your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra return to the heart of Kailua for a free concert perfect for the family. Enjoy summertime symphonic hits from the stage and screen, a winner of the Nā Hōkū ʻŌpio Young Stars Competition,  and musical teasers for the upcoming 24/25 Masterworks season! This free event is brought to you in part by the generosity of Alexander & Baldwin.

Attendees are encouraged to pack their own picnic and show up with their lawn chairs, picnic blankets, or other seating to watch the symphony as they perform from under the Pavilion at Kailua District Park.

Please note the following are prohibited at Kailua District Park: smoking (cigarettes, e-cigarettes, etc.), alcoholic beverages, dogs, and other animals.

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*Free admission. Please refer to Kailua District Park policies before attending.

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Mahler’s thundering Symphony No.5 comes to the Waikiki Shell! Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents the life-affirming symphony celebrated by Maestro Leonard Bernstein. Experience the embracing Adagietto, the legendary trumpet solo, and a winner of the Nā Hōkū ʻŌpio Young Stars Competition. Dane Lam leads your HSO in a Sheraton Starlight Festival Must-See performance of the summer!

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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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A Long time ago in a galaxy far far away launches the Hawai’i Symphony’s Sheraton Starlight Festival into hyperdrive! Journey through the music of John Williams’ epic soundtrack for all nine movies of the Skywalker Saga. Conducted by Dane Lam and narrated by Composer in Residence Michael-Thomas Foumai, join your HSO for the ultimate Star Wars musical experience, the force awaits!

Note: This concert will be music only, not accompanied by a film screen.

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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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Concert Update: Due to unforeseen changes in artist availability for the performance of Raise Hawaiki, the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra has revised the June 16 program to feature three works. In place of the choral-symphony Raise Hawaiki, the orchestra will perform the Orchestral Suite from Raise Hawaiki, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, and Debussy’s La Mer for a new program titled, Petrushka & La Mer, conducted by Music Director, Dane Lam.

The season finale of the 23/24 Halekulani Masterworks concludes with a circus of the sea. Music Director Dane Lam leads your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra through Debussy's vibrant depiction of the Sea, La Mer, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and the Orchestral Suite from Raise Hawaiki by HSO Composer in Residence Michael-Thomas Foumai.

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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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Concert Update: Due to unforeseen changes in artist availability for the performance of Raise Hawaiki, the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra has revised the June 16 program to feature three works. In place of the choral-symphony Raise Hawaiki, the orchestra will perform the Orchestral Suite from Raise Hawaiki, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, and Debussy’s La Mer for a new program titled, Petrushka & La Mer, conducted by Music Director, Dane Lam.

The season finale of the 23/24 Halekulani Masterworks concludes with a circus of the sea. Music Director Dane Lam leads your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra through Debussy's vibrant depiction of the Sea, La Mer, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and the Orchestral Suite from Raise Hawaiki by HSO Composer in Residence Michael-Thomas Foumai.

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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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Music can be subversive and it can speak truth to power. In this concert, pianist Michelle Cann joins your Hawaiʻi Symphony for a lionhearted program of resilience, revolution, and representation. Dane Lam conducts Florence Price's Piano Concerto, Margaret Bond's gripping evocation of the Civil Right movement in her Montgomery Variations, and Shostakovich's defiant Symphony No. 5, embodying the power of the art to free us from our shackles and lead us to freedom.

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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For over two decades, Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro has taken the ‘ukulele to points previously thought impossible and amazed the world with his high-energy ukulele interpretations of everything from Hawaiian instrumentals to the Beatles to Bach. Shimabukuro reunites with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra to present a truly unique night of contemporary symphonic music.

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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.

By purchasing a ticket and attending this concert, you consent to being filmed and/or photographed. Your presence implies permission for the organizers and affiliated parties to capture and use these videos/images for promotional and archival purposes. Audio will not be recorded.

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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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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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“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.