The monograph is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of the interaction of tradition and innovation in the musical art of China of the 20th – 21st centuries. The high achievements of Chinese artists in creative competitions on the world stage, the exceptional position in the modern art world of the composer Tan Dong, recognized in 2002 as one of the greatest in the twentieth century, along with V. Rimm from Germany, S. Gubaidulina from Russia, and E. Golikhov from Latin America.
The book is intended for researchers, educators, students, practitioners who respond to the complex of diffusion of traditions and innovations formed by the post-guard, which made up the alternative poles in the works of the past century and gained a trend of interchangeability in the creative practice of recent decades.