DEVELOPMENT OF THE ART OF PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE IN CHINA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The article examines the formation of the performing arts and teaching to play the saxophone in China in the twentieth century. The study aims to identify the stages in the development of the art of playing the saxophone in China in the context of the impact of various sociocultural conditions. The leading problem of the research is to determine factors that influenced the change in the status of the saxophone in the public opinion and the cultural and educational policy of the country. The research objectives in the study are: to analyse theoretical studies, scientific approaches and methods applied to the study of the development of playing the saxophone in China in the twentieth century; to consider the role of the saxophone in the musical culture and education of the country in the past century; to reveal the figurative and artistic functions of the saxophone in the works for the saxophone by Chinese authors. The research methods are: historical and cultural approach, comparative studies, hermeneutics, historical and stylistic method, musicological analysis. The novelty of the study lies in the systematisation of facts, observations and reflections of domestic and foreign researchers about the peculiarities of the formation of saxophone performance in China. The conclusion is made that the evolution of saxophone performance in China is conditioned by political, cultural, social, and economic events and processes. An important component of performing practice and training on brass instruments in China is the significant influence of the traditions of Western European education, thanks to which Chinese composers gradually expand the figurative and artistic spheres and the repertoire for the saxophone.