Author, Researcher and Lecturer with a Passion for History, Music and Japan
Although I grew up in a (mostly) pop music free home, the name Katja Ebstein was familiar to me. Born in 1945, she was a highly successful pop singer in 1970s-Germany, who reached the finals of Eurovision Song Contest three times (1970, 1971, and 1980). So her songs were hard…
Last year, I was lucky to attend two Gramophone record concerts organized by Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai). The first concert was held in conjunction with the exhibition, “Double Impact” featuring art from the Meiji period. The concert was in 3 parts: 1. Traditional Japanese music (nagauta and kouta, songs…
The violin as an instrument of civilization and progress: one of the first newspaper advertisements, Tokyo Daily Newspaper, 22 April 1888 On 18 September 2015 I will be giving a lecture on the subject of Not by Love Alone at the German-Japanese Society in Bonn (in German). For details see…