Upon checking my handy old-school calendar book, it seems Thursday, April 21, 2016 was the date the idea for Hawaii International Music Festival came to fruition. Before I go on, I'd like to first talk a little about how I met my Co-Founder, Virtuoso Violinist Eric Silberger. Eric and I met on an island (so it's only fitting we create a festival which is on another set of islands HAHA).....the Fire Island Pines to be exact- a magical place where we both had the pleasure of b