Mari Yoshihara: Leonard Bernstein, the Rise of China in Classical Music, and the MeToo Movement

On September 14, 2020, Mari Yoshihara, American Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa, gave a talk titled, "Dearest Lenny: Letters from Japan and the Making of a World Maestro." "Dearest Lenny" traces the making of a global Bernstein amidst the shifting political economy of the arts and global politics that made this American celebrity turn increasingly to Europe and Japan. In this podcast, she is interviewed by EAP graduate student, Thomas Cressy.