About Kaikana

Hi, I’m Luis.
Musician. Cellist.
And teacher… by accident.

Yes, you read that right. By accident.

I studied cello dreaming of spotlights, stages, and roaring applause.
I wanted to play at the Vienna Philharmonic — or on a festival stage shaking the ground.
The last thing I ever imagined?
Standing in front of a classroom full of teenagers with more energy than a nuclear reactor.

But life has a wicked sense of humor.
Right after graduation, the head of studies from a nearby school called me:

“We need a music teacher. Urgently.”

My answer?

“Not a chance.”

Two days later, staring at my bank account in intensive care, I thought,

“Well… one year won’t kill me, right?”

Wrong.

That first year was a rollercoaster with no seatbelt.
I was 24, clueless, and surrounded by a pack of hyperactive monkeys (lovable ones, though).
Every class felt like conducting an orchestra of chaos.

But slowly, I started to find the rhythm.
And then it happened.

One day, with a particularly enthusiastic group, I blurted out:

“What if we do a musical?”

I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
I searched for scripts everywhere — nothing felt right.
So in a moment of madness, I said,

“Fine. I’ll write one myself.”

Weeks without sleep.
My girlfriend giving me that “another movie night cancelled?” look.
But we did it.
And it was magic.

The premiere was beautifully chaotic.
Kids were the stage crew, set designers, actors — everything.
I was running around, tangled in cables, pretending I knew what I was doing.
There were mistakes, oh yes.
But when the curtain fell… I knew something had changed.

At the end of the year, they gave me a letter signed by almost the entire class.
That’s when it hit me:
I had fallen in love with teaching.

Years later — and after countless musicals, flops, fixes, and triumphs — I decided to go all in.
Together with my brothers (also musicians), we founded Kaikana.
(“Kaikana” comes from a Hawaiian word meaning “brothers.” Fitting, right?)

We built a dream team of creative minds.
And from that, our first musical was born: Askronauts.
We haven’t stopped since.

Wanna know more?
Wanna bring one of our musicals to your school or theater group?

Then don’t wait.
Reach out today.

And get ready for something your students won’t forget anytime soon.

Thanks for reading this far — seriously.
If this story made you smile even a little…
Just wait until the curtain rises.

Luis 🎻