Dearest Lenny: Letters from Japan and the Making of World Maestro

October 2, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Burns Hall 2118

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Dearest Lenny interweaves the history of Leonard Bernstein’s transformation from an American icon to a world maestro with an intimate story of his relationships with two Japanese individuals: Amano Kazuko, a loyal fan who began writing letters to Bernstein in 1947, and Kunihiko Hashimoto, a young man who fell deeply in love with Bernstein in 1979 and later became his business representative. During the period in which these two relationships unfolded, Japan’s place in the world and its relationship vis-à-vis the United States changed dramatically, which in turn shaped Bernstein’s connection to the country. Yoshihara will trace the making of a global Bernstein amidst the shifting change of classical music that made this American celebrity turn increasingly to Europe and Japan.

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Event Sponsor
Internaitonal Cultural Studies Program, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Morsaline Mojid, (808) 745-7575, culture@hawaii.edu, Fall Speaker Series (PDF)

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12:00pm	Dearest Lenny: Letters from Japan and the Making of World Maestro Mānoa Campus, Burns Hall 2118
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