EXAMPLES OF CONCERT AND PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES OF WESTERN VIOLINISTS IN CHINA IN THE FIRST THIRD OF THE XXTH CENTURY Cover Image

ПРИКЛАДИ КОНЦЕРТНО-ВИКОНАВСЬКОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ЗАХІДНИХ СКРИПАЛІВ У КИТАЇ В ПЕРШІЙ ТРЕТИНІ ХХ СТОЛІТТЯ
EXAMPLES OF CONCERT AND PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES OF WESTERN VIOLINISTS IN CHINA IN THE FIRST THIRD OF THE XXTH CENTURY

Author(s): Chen Mengwei
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: concert activity; Western violinists; violin works; professionalisation of Chinese violin art;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the research is in finding facts and conducting a panoramic review of the concert performances of the most famous Western violinists in China in the first third of the 20th century to observe the evolutionary dynamics of the influence of international contacts on the process of formation of professional Chinese violin art. Research methodology. The realisation of the purpose required the use of the following set of methods: retrospective search in the analysis of sources; source studies – in the analytical use of archival materials and their citation; chronological to recreate the panorama of concert events; musicology in the analysis of the concert performance of Western violinists; an axiological approach was also used to identify valuable perspectives of international musical cooperation. Scientific novelty lies in carrying out the first study of the most representative examples of concert activity of Western violinists in the first third of the 20th century, which laid a powerful foundation for the formation of national violin art and its integration into the stream of professional Chinese musical creativity as an organic component of national culture. Conclusions. The panorama of the most vivid concert performances of Western violinists in China in the first third of the 20th century has been found and reproduced in chronological order. The importance of their concert activity in the process of formation of professional Chinese violin art is proven.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 328-333
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian