Examples of Concert and Performance Activities of Western Violinists in China in the First Third of the XXth Century

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 20^th 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.

Keywords: concert activity, Western violinists, violin works, professionalisation of Chinese violin art.