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Interview

Long-form bilingual conversations on art, education, technology, musical tradition, and cross-cultural experience.

A piano at Dartmouth overlooking the campus green

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American Higher Arts Education Through an Eastern Lens

An Afternoon Conversation with Professor Kui Dong

Interview by: Na ZangInterviewee: Kui DongEdited and Written by: Na Zang采访：臧娜受访者：董夔撰稿：臧娜

东方视野中的美国高等艺术教育

与董夔教授的一场午后漫谈

A long-form conversation with composer and Dartmouth professor Kui Dong on American higher arts education, individuality, liberal arts education, and the cultural conditions that shape artistic training in China and the United States.

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Originally published in New Century Theatre, No. 6, 2015, pp. 62–67.

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Abstract mural detail in blue, white, red, and pink

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The Resilience and Tenacity of Art

Reflections and Dialogues on Online Concerts

Interview by: Na ZangInterviewee: Kui DongEdited and Written by: Na Zang采访：臧娜受访者：董夔撰稿：臧娜

艺术的“弹性”与“坚韧”

基于在线音乐会的思考与对谈

A dialogue on online concerts, cultural crisis, and the ways art maintains connection with audiences through technology, from the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall to the irreplaceable power of live performance.

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Originally published in Art Panorama, No. 6, 2020, pp. 93–97.

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Hong Wang playing morin khuur, focused on the instrument

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The Well-Grounded Overseas Experience

A Dialogue on the Intercultural Communication of Traditional Chinese Music

Interview by: Kui Dong, Na ZangInterviewee: Hong WangEdited and Written by: Na Zang采访：董夔臧娜受访者：汪洪撰稿：臧娜

Photo courtesy of Hong Wang.

“接地气”的海外经验

中国传统音乐跨文化传播对谈

A conversation with Hong Wang and Kui Dong on the practical overseas experience of bringing traditional Chinese music into mainstream cultural contexts through agents, grants, commissions, film music, and long-term cultural adaptation.

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Originally published in Art Panorama, No. 5, 2021, pp. 84–89.

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Wu Wei holding a sheng against a black background

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Free Exploration, Inclusive Listening, Simple Sincerity

A Dialogue on Improvisational Expression and the Development of Folk Music

Interview by: Kui Dong, Na Zang, Hong WangInterviewee: Wu WeiEdited and Written by: Na Zang采访：董夔臧娜汪洪受访者：吴巍撰稿：臧娜

自由探索、包容倾听、简单真诚

关于即兴表达与民族音乐发展的对谈

An online dialogue with sheng performer Wu Wei, composer Kui Dong, multi-instrumentalist Hong Wang, and scholar Na Zang on improvisation, folk music, living tradition, education, listening, and sincerity.

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Originally published in Music Life, No. 8, 2021, pp. 19–24.

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Discovering Ourselves in Intercultural Communication

A Dialogue on the Contemporary Transmission and Dissemination of Traditional Chinese Music

Interview by: Kui Dong, Na Zang, Hong WangInterviewee: Wu ManEdited and Written by: Na Zang采访：董夔臧娜汪洪受访者：吴蛮撰稿：臧娜

Photos courtesy of Wu Man.

在对话中认识自我

关于中国传统音乐当代传承与传播的对谈

A wide-ranging bilingual dialogue with pipa virtuoso Wu Man on musical transmission, collaboration across cultures, artistic identity, and the contemporary life of traditional Chinese music.

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Originally published in Music Culture Studies, No. 1, 2024, pp. 39–46.

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Frank Kouwenhoven filming during fieldwork

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In the Hopeful “Fields”

A Conversation with Frank Kouwenhoven, Chief Editor of CHIME, the European Journal of Chinese Music Studies

Interview by: Kui Dong, Na Zang, Hong WangInterviewee: Frank KouwenhovenEdited and Written by: Na Zang采访：董夔臧娜汪洪受访者：高文厚撰稿：臧娜

Photos courtesy of Frank Kouwenhoven.

在希望的“田野”上

与欧洲《磬》中国音乐研究杂志总编高文厚一席谈

A bilingual conversation with Dutch sinologist Frank Kouwenhoven on decades of fieldwork in China, the fate of living tradition, musical understanding across cultures, and the future of the journal CHIME.

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Originally published in Art Panorama, No. 4, 2025, pp. 127–131.

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