Pianist

A lunar new year finale! Music and Artistic Director Dane Lam leads your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra with an all-star program of seasonal favorites featuring renowned violinist Cho-Liang Lin and the phenomenal virtuosity of 16-year-old Canadian pianist Sophia Liu.

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Lunar New Year 2026: Year of the Horse

Blaisdell Concert Hall

Step into a magical world of woodland fairies and the lovers who encounter them. The Orchestra and Music Director Laureate Hans Graf perform Mendelssohn's iconic score for Shakespeare's beloved A Midsummer Night's Dream, including one of the most popular and recognizable pieces of music ever written, the Wedding March. Rising star pianist Sophia Liu also joins the Orchestra for Chopin's beautiful Second Piano Concerto.

Hans Graf Returns: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Arts Commons

A symphony brimming with joy and imagination.

Schumann’s ‘Rhenish’ Symphony opens in a blaze of glory, and ends at a wine festival! In between comes a guided tour of Cologne Cathedral, all drenched in Schumann’s trademark poetry and warmth. There’s no more tuneful way to take a holiday in the Rhineland (and you don’t even have to leave your seat). First, though, Mendelssohn goes Gothic in a dark and stormy overture, and guest conductor Alpesh Chauhan joins the ‘phenomenal’ (Bachtrack) Sophia Liu in a sparkling French showpiece. This award-winning young star is already causing quite a stir, and she’s the perfect soloistfor Saint-Saëns’s champagne cocktail of a concerto.

Pianist

Sophia Liu

Events

Upcoming events

5 - 6 Jun, 2026

Hans Graf Returns: A Midsummer Night’s Dream · Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

6 - 7 Mar, 2027

Alpesh Chauhan conducts Schumann · London Philharmonic Orchestra

Past events

Feb 28, 2026

Lunar New Year 2026: Year of the Horse · Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 2 by Saint-Saëns

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 2 by Chopin

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

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