The Research on Nationalization of Chinese Piano Education

Abstract

         Nowadays, the nationalization still accounts for a minimal part in piano education in China. However, in the history, the foreign instruments of erhu and pipa are gradually assimilated into the national musical instrument. Therefore, according to this development pattern, the piano should also be gradually integrated into the Chinese national culture. It is supposed to be the representative of the Chinese national instrument performing, and should not always exist in an unstable situation by following the European and American countries’ steps. Therefore, the study of the nationalization of Chinese piano education is very important. For the traditional folk instruments and folk songs in the process of nationalization of piano art, we need to use nationalized methods to successfully adapt them into solo piano pieces. We can adapt the national, traditional and classical repertoire into a nationalized piano piece that meets the demand of the development and performance characteristics of piano art. Taking this set of typical Chinese piano suite Five Yunnan Folk Songs as an example, both the traditional Chinese music art and the aesthetic are well achieved in this piece. In the field of piano art innovation, the classical piano works with such breakthroughs and explorations are countless, and they have become an important part of accelerating the development of innovation in traditional Chinese piano art.