如何让唢呐和吉他共鸣？音乐家杜竹松讲述交流之道(9)

The year 2017 saw him work as a professor at the MTSU Center for Chinese Music and Culture where he teaches Chinese music. The Middle Tennessee State University is in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which is the center of country music of the USA. As Du Zhusong plays all kinds of traditional Chinese pipe instruments, he is often invited to perform at various musical events. While working together with local musicians, he learns a lot about music, about the west and the east, about people, and about cultural exchanges. He has learned how to improvise from Jazz musicians. His performances have attracted some Americans to study at the MTSU center at his guidance.
His partnership with the MTSU orchestra has given him a deep insight into the similarities and differences in western and Chinese music. In order to work best with the orchestra, he made some adjustments so that Suona imitated clarinet now and then. With the experience of local music, he worked smoothly with the orchestra.
In a talk show at New York Lounge in October 2018 with SinoVision, which is a US-based Chinese television network, Du Zhusong talked about his understanding of the relationship between traditional Chinese music and western music, saying music results essentially from exchanges and fusion; culture thrives through openness.