Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for a day-long symposium focused on the reception of Western music in Asia especially since the First World War, and the reciprocal influence of Asian and Western music up to the present, with a focus on the East Asian nations of China, Korea, and Japan.

Program

Introduction - 9:30am

--William Kinderman

From a Sage to a Musician: Beethoven in China - 10:00am

--Xiaolong Liu, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Encounter as Reunion: Rediscovering Relationships between Poetry and Music, and between Chinese and Western Cultures - 11:00am

--Hongjie Sun, Shanghai Normal University

Soundscapes of Fusion: Unveiling Korean Pansori in Western Music through New Musical Notations - 1:00pm

--Joung-A Monica Yum, DMA candidate, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Yixiang (Image) as Aesthetic Idea: New Operatic Works and Western/Eastern Concepts - 2:00pm

--Jia Song, Visiting Associate Researcher at UCLA, 2024-25; Associate Professor, Fujian Normal University

Sounds of Coexistence: Traditional East Asian Flutes and their Impact on Contemporary Western Flute Repertoire and Performance Practices - 3:00pm

--Jennifer Jo, DMA candidate, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

The Transcultural Avant-Garde: Intermedia Art and Experimental Music in 1960s Japan - 4:00pm, presentation via Zoom

--Miki Kaneda, Associate Director, Center for the Humanities, New York University

This event is supported by the Leo M. Klein and Elaine Krown Klein Endowed Chair in Performance Studies.