Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s2.t10.12

v2.c11.s2.t10.12

Under the appeal of Ravi Shankar’s travel in China and the encouragement of Professor Chen Ziming, Associate Professor Zhang Yuzhen of CNU (Capital Normal University) came to New Delhi Art University as a visiting scholar and studied sitar at the beginning of this century. During that period, via the arrangement of the Indian parties concerned and the recommendation of Chen Ziming, she got acquainted with Ravi Shankar and had the honour to learn from him. On December 2, 2001, she used the Chinese musical instrument-Pipa to play a piece of Raga together with the Indian musicians who used sitar, Indian whistle and tabla in a theatre in the heart of New Delhi, which became the first attempt of “China Meets India”. After coming back from India, she pursued advanced studies and got a doctorate from CCOM. Her doctoral dissertation *Indian and Western Music Blending Research in Ravi Shankar’s Artistic Practice* was the beginning of a deep research for Indian music by Chinese people. After several additions and deletions, the monograph *East Meets West: Indian and Western Music Blending Research of Ravi Shankar* was published by CNU Press in 2010.