The Mana Music Quartet was formed in March 2020 in Honolulu Hawaii with cellist Joshua Nakazawa, violinists Eric Silberger and Dr. Mann-Wen Lo and violist Duane Padilla.  Their debut album “Queen Liliuokalani” won a Na Hoku Hanohano award in 2021 for Instrumental Album of the year and was featured in many publications including ones from the Star Advertiser Honolulu Magazine, Chamber Music America, and From the Top. Joshua is the owner and founder of Mana Music LLC and is currently a tenured member of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra.  Dr. Mann-Wen lo currently teaches violin performance as a professor at the University of Houston. Eric Silberger, prize winner of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Michael Hill International violin competition concertizes worldwide as a virtuoso violinist.  Duane Padilla, a 2011 Na Hoku Hanohano award winner for jazz album of the year is currently on the Board for the American String Teachers Association and teaches violin performance at the Punahou school.