He has opened concerts for Bonnie Raitt, LeAnn Rimes, Céline Dion, and Sting. Kealiʻi Reichel's consistent placement in Billboard Magazine's World Music Charts has garnered him international attention. Reichel studied Hawaiian dance and vocals under Kumu [hula] (dance instructor/choreographer/master) Pekelo Day and Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele, daughter of the kumu hula and Hawaiian scholar "Aunty" Edith Kanakaʻole. Reichel is known not only for his artistry as a performer, songwriter and recording artist, but also for his work as an ambassador of Hawaiian culture to the rest of the world. Reichel's style most often includes vocals over a guitar, bass, and ukulele ensemble but may also include a Western (European-American) string quartet violin, viola and cello or traditional pre-1778 Hawaiian instruments. [1] In addition to his regular concerts in Hawaiʻi, he has toured the United States mainland playing in such places as New York at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall, San Diego, San Francisco, Anaheim, Hollywood Bowl, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle and toured internationally with concerts and workshops in the South Pacific, Europe and Asia where he performs to sold out audiences.[1]. In 1994, at the age of 32, he recorded and released a collection of Hawaiian traditional and contemporary music entitled Kawaipunahele on his own Punahele Productions record label, and began his career as a Hawaiian music superstar. An amazing performance to see. Carleton Lewis Kealiʻinaniaimokuokalani Reichel (born 1962) popularly known as Kealiʻi Reichel, is a popular and bestselling singer, songwriter, choreographer, dancer, chanter, scholar, teacher, and personality from Hawaiʻi. Reichel was one of the founding directors for Punana Leo O Maui, a Hawaiian language immersion pre-school. He founded this hālau at the age of 18 after graduating from Lahainaluna High School He won five of the top awards: Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Hawaiian Album of the Year and Entertainer of the Year and Hawaiian Language Songwriting and Performance. He founded this hālau at the age of 18 after graduating from Lahainaluna High School[1]. He has spent his life educating the world about Hawaiian culture through music and dance. Kealiʻi (pronounced Keh-ah-LEE-ee) Reichel was born and raised on the island of Maui. With the facility up and running we will be able to expand the array of cultural programming including music and language instruction. In 2004, his album of the previous year, Ke'alaokamaile (2003), won four of the top awards at the 27th Annual [Na Hoku Hanohano Awards] (Hawaii's regional equivalent of the Grammy Awards) including Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Hawaiian Album of the Year and Song of the Year. He later founded his own hālau hula (Hawaiian dance school) Halau hula o ka Makani Wili Makaha o Kauaʻula now called Halau Keʻalaokamaile. This marked a turning point in his life, as he decided to devote the rest of his life to the study and promotion of Hawaiian culture. [1] He has taught Hawaiian culture and language at the University of Hawaiʻi's, Maui Community College, and he was the Cultural Resource Specialist and curator at the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku. Here is Keali'i Reichel, Kukahi part 1. Stage performances include dance in both traditional and modern hula forms. ], Reichel currently has contracts with JVC Victor Entertainment and Atlantic/Time-Warner. Reichel's subsequent albums, Lei Haliʻa (1995), E O Mai (1997), and Melelana (1999), placed him securely at the top of the Hawaiian music entertainment industry. He later founded his own hālau hula (Hawaiian dance school) Halau hula o ka Makani Wili Makaha o Kauaʻula now called Halau Keʻalaokamaile. Hula brings love from the clouds, to the sea, then to you. [2] This release was also nominated for a Grammy the same year. [1] At the age of 24, Reichel was convicted of theft, and was sentenced to community service, which involved a study of Hawaiian culture. Kealiʻi performed in the Maui Youth Theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot and in the Maui Academy of Performing Arts production of Jesus Christ Superstar as Jesus.[when? Reichel grew up in the town of Lahaina where he attended Lahainaluna High School, however he spent weekends and summers with his maternal grandmother in the plantation town of Pāʻia. His vocals include Hawaiian language chanting and singing in both Hawaiian and English. Reichel Short Biography Official Website; Elizabeth "Lizzie" Kahau Kauanui Alohikea, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kealiʻi_Reichel&oldid=953335928, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Vague or ambiguous time from September 2018, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Carleton Lewis Kealiʻinaniaimokuokalani Reichel, This page was last edited on 26 April 2020, at 21:56. Reichel studied Hawaiian dance and vocals under Kumu [hula] (dance instructor/choreographer/master) Pekelo Day and Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele, daughter of the kumu hula and Hawaiian scholar "Aunty" Edith Kanakaʻole. He also plays the guitar. He is also featured in two anthology albums released by his record label, Pride of Punahele (1998) and Pride of Punahele 2 (2003). Reichel also won big at the 38th annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in 2015, with his album of the previous year, Kawaiokalena. 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