Author, Researcher and Lecturer with a Passion for History, Music and Japan
As described in my previous blog, The Suzuki String Quartet and Kate I. Hansen’s Slesvig, the first performance of the entire quartet, Slesvig (or “Schlesvig”, as Hansen spells the title), took place on 11 June 1932, at Miyagi College in Sendai. Hansen had taught at the college since 1907 and…
Kate I. Hansen’s work Slesvig was first performed by the Suzuki String Quartet in 1932. How she met them is unclear, but at the time professional string quartets in Japan hardly existed. The Quartet was founded by Suzuki Shin’ichi (1898-1998) soon after his return from Berlin, where he studied from…
My research often leads me in unexpected directions My interest in Kate Ingeborg Hansen (1879-1968) was aroused when I started researching musical life in 19th– and early 20th century Sendai. Hansen, a native of Kansas, came to Sendai in September 1907 as a missionary, together with Lydia Almira Lindsey (1880-1971)….