Haruhisa Handa
Haruhisa Handa is a Japanese businessman and philanthropist.[1] He is the Managing Director of B.C. Consulting Ltd and manages more than a dozen companies in Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom.[2]
Describing a musical performance by Handa at London's St Johns, Smith Square, Ian Buruma wrote:
- I found it a slightly humiliating experience to watch this generous buffoon perform with a distinguished orchestra. It made a nonsense of artistic standards. We were watching a rich man's fantasy and had to pretend to enjoy it, just because he throws his money around. This may have done wonders for the blind, but was an insult to those who genuinely love music.[3]
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- ↑ Japanese arts benefactor likes to get in on the act, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 march 2012.
- ↑ Dr. Haruhisa Handa, The Handa Foundation, accessed 29 April 2015.
- ↑ Ian Buruma, Personal modesty in east-Asian cultures, The Guardian, 22 January 2002.
