ABOUT US

Ani Kavafian, Nick Eanet, Scott St. John, Emanuel Borok, Arnaud Sussmann, and

Benny Kim, Martin Beaver, Robyn Bollinger, Soovin Kim, Aloysia Freedman, Fabiola

Kim, and Sarah Oates among others. Famous cellists have been David Finckel,

Steven Kates, Leslie Parnas, Steven Dane, Norman Fischer, Andrés Diaz, Godfried

Hoogeveen, David Requiro, Anne Martindale Williams, Clive Greensmith, Edward

Arron, Desmond Hoebig, and Ronald Thomas. Double Bass players Edgar Meyer,

Harold Robinson and Kurt Muroki, harpist Heidi Lehwalder, banjo player Bela Fleck, and prize-winning guitarists Ricardo Cobo, Dusan Bogdanovic, David Leisner, and Kevin Gallagher have appeared. Wind players have included David Shifrin, Eddie Daniels, Daniel Gilbert, Chad Burrow, Michele Zukovsky, Jim Walker, Lorna McGhee, Leone Buyse, William Ver Meulen, and Yoonah Kim. Over the years the Festival has received extensive coverage in national newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the New York Times, the Hawaii newspapers, and travel and airline magazines. Feature articles written about the Festival have appeared in important musical publications such as Musical America, Chamber Music America, and American Record Guide.

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Katherine Collier and Yizhak Schotten, Music Directors for the past 42 years

Husband and wife team Katherine Collier, pianist and Yizhak Schotten, violist, directed festivals and music series for over forty years. In 1978, they founded the prestigious Lintin Music series in Cincinnati, Ohio. On Maui in 1982, they met Colin Cameron and his wife, Margaret, and began the Kapalua Music Festival, now the Maui Classical Music festival. In 1983, the couple founded the Festival International de Musica Classical in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and thee Belle Arte Concerts in Bellvue, Washington. In 1994, this music team was appointed music directors of Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where they served for fifteen seasons.

 

Amir Eldan, Co-Music Director

Amir performs as soloist , chamber musician, and guest principal cellist. He is professor of cello at the University of Michigan School of Music where he has known and collaborated with  Katherine and Yizhak for many years. We are thrilled to have him as part of our Festival.

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Maui Classical Music Festival is to enrich and educate Maui's community by presenting renowned musicians to perform the highest quality chamber music, to build a growing audience of multi-cultural citizens of Maui, other Hawaiian Islands and visitors, and to provide outreach educational programs.

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