Mondavi Center Presents
Masters of Hawaiian Music: George Kahumoku Jr, Sonny Lim, Herb Ohta Jr
Thursday, March 6 – Saturday, March 8, 2025
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
Join master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., ukulele virtuoso Herb Ohta Jr., and renowned slack key and Hawaiian steel guitarist Sonny Lim for a celebration of Hawaiian music and culture.
Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., known as “Hawai‘i’s Renaissance Man”, is a multiple Hawaiian Grammy Award winner, a vocalist, storyteller, songwriter and author, teacher, sculptor, farmer, and chef, and honored with a Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Slack Key Guitarist, Lap Steel Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, Sonny Lim developed his guitar and vocal styles performing with his famous Lim Family of the Big Island. He was also one of the early members of the renowned Makaha Sons of Ni‘ihau for whom he played lap steel guitar beginning at age 15. He performed on the first Grammy-winning CD in Hawaiian music, and has won multiple Na Hoku Awards on his solo albums.
‘Ukulele virtuoso Herb Ohta Jr’s natural talent, knowledge, technique, and speed are unsurpassed. Herb’s versatility and ability to adapt to the changing times will captivate you, the listener, and transport you.
Sponsored by
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The Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund
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