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10 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2017 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A foxtrot lesson will be offered. The event is free to dance club members and $5 for nonmembers. Info: raziaskz@gmail.com. Kahilu Theatre continues Steinway Series Kahilu Theatre presents Miki Aoki in the next installment of the Kahilu Steinway Series at 6 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Waimea. Aoki is recognized for her diverse abilities as a pianist and collaborative artist. As a guest solo artist, she has performed with the National Symphony, London Soloist Chamber Orchestra, Hamburg Camerata and Washington Sinfonietta. Aoki combines her career performing solo recitals and chamber music, with working alongside young string players. Aoki started playing the piano at age 4 and moved to London at age 9 where she joined the Purcell School of Music. She holds degrees from Indiana University and Yale University. In 2007, she obtained a distinction in the Konzertexamen degree at Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hamburg. She is currently appointed as the senior lecturer at Graz University for Music and the Performing Arts in Austria. The program for the Feb. 24 concert will include works by John Dowland, George Frideric Handel, Edward Elgar, Paul McCartney, Milhaud Caramel, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, Frederic Chopin and Fazil Say. The Kahilu Steinway Series is a series of performances showcasing Kahilu Theatre’s Model D Steinway Concert Grand piano. Doors open at 5 p.m. for the 6 p.m. performance. In the Kahilu Galleries, the exhibit Solo Exhibits 2017 will be on display featuring works by Eli Baxter, Margaret Shields, and Jean René Leblanc. Tickets range in price from $8 to $28 and are available for purchase online at www.kahilutheatre.org, by calling 885-6868, or theater’s box office from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays. Info: www.kahilutheatre.org. ULTIMI 3 Tenors to headline benefit concert Back by popular demand from the mainland, ULTIMI 3 Tenors will headline the 15th annual Hoku Concert Series in May. The concert is presented in association with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, which will also be the beneficiary of the event, according to series founder Frank Meyer. Info: 333-7378. Workshops & classes Spielman to teach watercolor workshop Annabell Spielman will teach a four-day watercolor workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting March 6. The workshop will focus on painting obake anthuriums and Phalaenopsis orchids. Spielman is an experienced painter with degrees from University of Texas in Austin. She has lived in Hawaii ➠ Continued from page 4 Kahilu Theatre presents Miki Aoki at 6 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Waimea. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY Dobet Gnahore, a Grammy Awardwinning world music artist, takes the Kahilu Theatre stage on Feb. 25. This singer, dancer, and percussionist has garnered a reputation as one of the most vibrant performers in the world music genre today. Hailed by critics as Africa’s leading star on the rise, her extraordinary talents position her to set the course for the genre. As a child, Gnahore was trained in the music and dance traditions of the “Bete“ tradition by her father, a well-known performer in West Africa. On stage, her voice, dancing, charisma, and huge presence bring audiences to their feet around the world. She sings in a range of African languages including Bete, Fon, Baoule, Lingala, Malinke, Mina or Bambara, thereby reproducing the Pan-African tradition of the Ki Yi Mbock group. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the 7 p.m. performance. Tickets range in price from $20 to $68 and are available for purchase online at www. kahilutheatre.org, by calling 885- 6868, or at the theater box office. Info: www.kahilutheatre.org. ENTERTAINMENT Award-winning world music artist coming to Waimea WEST HAWAII TODAY Dobet Gnahore, a Grammy Awardwinning world music artist, takes the Kahilu Theatre stage on Feb. 25. NICOLAS BARET/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY Continued on page 11 ➠


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