Vocal education in the context of intercultural communication: Experience of teaching chinese students

Abstract

The article considers vocal education in an intercultural communication perspective, presents corresponding Polish research and experience of Chinese students training in Ukrainian universities. The result of the study is the idea of creating a kind of multi-aesthetic synthesis, where a specific association of vocal activities in different cultures will be made. One example of this is a project that will contain both the European vocal technique elements and the Chinese singing tradition in one performance. The article proves that internationalization processes in higher art education create the context of intercultural communication in the process of vocal training of Chinese students and a new trend emerges – research area of Chinese PhD students in Ukrainian universities. The studies of Chinese researchers conducted in Ukraine contribute to the achievement of the specified synthesis.