Intro

The 2025/2026 Halekulani Masterworks season kicks off with an extraordinary musical adventure along a symphonic Silk Road. The world’s leading pipa virtuoso Wu Man joins forces with Music and Artistic Director Dane Lam and the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for Jiping Zhao’s captivating Pipa Concerto No. 2, paired with two iconic tone poems: Respighi’s evocative Pines of Rome and Strauss’ Don Quixote featuring principal violist Mark Butin and principal cellist Mark Votapek.

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• Artists

  Dane Lam, conductor

  Wu Man, pipa

  Mark Butin, viola

  Mark Votapek, cello

  Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra

  Program and artists are subject to change.

• Program

  Richard Strauss– Don Quixote, Op. 35

  Intermission

  Jiping Zhao – Pipa Concerto No. 2

  Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome

  Program and artists are subject to change.

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