用音乐铸就中美友谊之桥(8)

他们寻求交流，促进交往，以强化两国音乐文化的力量。
As such, the Central Conservatory of Music, or CCOM, one of the top music institutes in China, has established exchange programs with the US higher education institutions in music.因此，作为中国顶尖的音乐学府，中央音乐学院与美国高等教育机构建立了音乐交流项目。
“The exchanges are (indeed) frequent and important,” Yu Hongmei, professor and director of the Chinese Music Department at CCOM, said during the US-China Music Forum, a panel discussion, as part of the China Now Music Festival held in New York last month. The festival is organized by the US-China Music Institute, which also celebrated the 50th anniversary of Philadelphia Orchestra’s first tour of China.在10月举行的纽约中国当代音乐节美中音乐论坛上，中央音乐学院民乐系主任、教授于红梅表示，“此类交流（确实）频繁而重要”。
纽约中国当代音乐节由美中音乐研习院主办，同时活动庆祝了费交首次访华50周年。
The CCOM has signed cooperation agreements and established exchange programs with Columbia University School of the Arts, Eastman School of Music, Yale School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. It has also founded the Chinese Music Composition Center, Performing Arts Center and Artistic Research Center overseas.中央音乐学院与哥伦比亚大学艺术学院、伊斯曼音乐学院、耶鲁大学音乐学院和曼哈顿音乐学院签署了合作协议，建立交流项目，还在海外成立了中国音乐创作中心、表演艺术中心和艺术研究中心。