Sophie Scholl German revolutionary Sophie Scholl was a founding member of the non-violent anti-Nazi resistance group The White Rose, which advocated for active resistance to Hitler’s regime through an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign. In February of 1943, she and other members were arrested...
Junko Tabei, VENTURE-I love to go where I’ve never been before. Junko Tabei (née Ishibashi; 22 September 1939 – 20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. In 1969 Tabei started the first women’s climbing club in Japan, not to emphasize the woman part, but in...
As for her playing Japanese music, the Strad published my letter about this a few months ago. As far as I know Chemet played and recorded only one piece, the famous Haru no umi (Sea in Springtime) composed in 1929 by Michio Miyagi (1884-1956), one of the first Japanese composers with...