Please join us at Honpa Hongwanji Hawai‘i Betsuin for a Nirvana Day Concert on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 5 p.m. Event features: Udi-Bar David, an internationally recognized cross-cultural cellist & improviser Steven Casano, a shakuhachi master Lama Wangchuk, Tibetan chanting/meditation Poetry reading Hawaii Betsuin hondo (main temple sanctuary) enter parking at 1742 Lusitana St Honolulu HI 96813

Join us for this very special concert and documentary screening featuring members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of the finest orchestras in the world: David Kim, Concertmaster, Kimberly Fisher, Principal Second Violinist, Kerri Ryan, Assistant Principal Viola, Priscella Lee, Associate Principal Cello, Udi Bar-David, Cellist, featured in the film, and Don Liuzzi, Principal Tympanist, co-producer of the film. Sponsored in part by Reading Musical Foundation, the Neag Foundation, and the WCR’s generous individual donors.

Rowan University Symphony Orchestra, Jiannan Cheng, Conductor. Featuring works by Alberto Ginastera, Arturo Márquez and Maurício Carrilho. Special Guests: Regional Samaúma Ensemble; Fernanda Silveira, Cavaquinho; Fabio Oliveira, Percussion; Vitor Sampaio, Guitar; Udi Bar-David, Cello. Also featuring the Rowan University 2024-25 Concerto Competition Winner Juan Felipe Villanueva Contreras, Violin.