Liturgy in Chinese Colours: the Church Choirmaster Nina Starostina’s Cultural and Creative Experience
The article deals with the modern development of the Orthodox Church singing tradition in China. The study contains a brief history of Orthodox communities in China and the characteristic features of the modern church choir situation in this country. The article analyzes the unique experience of the Beijing Church Choir Master Nina Starostina, who has created an Orthodox liturgy based on the intonation decryption of the Chinese text of the liturgical chants. The study analyzes the features of fourpart version of liturgy texture; it identifies the specific character of its harmonization and the composer’s method of decoding hieroglyphic script.