Dialogues in Music - Africa Meets Asia Proceedings of the 2005 and 2007 International Symposia on African and Chinese Music by Zhang Boyu, Editor in Chief. In collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing & Centre for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College, Cambridge. Published by the MRI Press 2011. Bilingual Edition (English & Chinese) 545 pages, ISBN 978-1-933459-04-2 $35.00 per copy plus shipping  Foreword Table of Contents

Foreword:

The idea of dialogues in music began with Africa meeting other regions of the world. However Africa need not be involved at all and a dialogue can take place between any two regions of the world. They provide a forum for bilateral discussions between two regions which is difficult to organize in the typical setup of international conferences. The first two dialogue meetings, were between Africa and China and were hosted by the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing in 2005 and 2007. Then in 2008, the CCOM took the dialogue idea further by hosting "China Meets Finland ", which demonstrates what was stated above that a dialogue can be between any two regions of the world, even though the theme of the first two was "Africa Meets China". I am happy to say that as a result of the first two dialogues, a strong bond was developed between the CCOM and music personalities in Africa and the African Diaspora. This indeed is the main objective of such bilateral events. The role of the CCOM as a pioneering institution in the dialogue series cannot be overstated because, by agreeing to host the start of the series, the CCOM made it possible to try out the main objective of bilateral meetings which, as just stated, is to create a lasting bond between the regions taking part in the meetings.

After the first two events, hosted by the CCOM in 2005 and 2007, there have been two other "Africa Meets…" dialogues in Bangalore, India (2008) and Los Angeles, California (2009). The Los Angeles event, " Africa Meets North America" (AMNA) was hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles, and was the first to take place outside Asia. It is likely that AMNA will travel to other venues and, if funds are available, may eventually travel to Africa. The history of the series so far shows that it has promise and this promise will become more fully manifested if the series generates its own steam and more people are encouraged to organize their own dialogues, whether related or unrelated to Africa.

I would like to use this opportunity to thank the CCOM and others who have hosted dialogue events. I would like to express further gratitude to the CCOM for making this publication possible, thereby not only reinforcing the dialogue idea but also giving it wide circulation.

Akin Euba,
Andrew W.Mellon Professor of Music, University of Pittsburgh, USA

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音乐对话的想法是从非洲与世界其它地区之间的对话开始的，其实非洲并不一定要参与其中，对话可以发生在世界上的任何两个区域之间。对话可以为双方的讨论提供一个平台，这个平台对于国际性会议的专门组织者来说也并不容易。最先的两次对话性会议是2005年和2007年由中央音乐学院组织，并在北京召开的非洲与中国的对话。之后，在2008年，中央音乐学院用这种对话的想法又组织了"中国—芬兰"的对话，展示出了其对话可以发生在世界上任何两个地区之间，虽然前两次的对话是"中—非相遇"。我非常高兴地强调，作为前两次的对话结果，中央音乐学院与非洲和非洲散居者的音乐名流之间建立起了紧密的联系，这种联系实实在在地成为了双方对话的主要成果。中央音乐学院作为这种系列对话的先锋其作用是不容忽视的，因为从计划开始组织这种对话，中央音乐学院就试图寻求双方相遇能够产生哪些主要成果，如上所说，这种成果就是创造对话双方永久的联系。

在前两次的会议之后，即中央音乐学院于2005年和2007年组织的两次会议之后，还有另外两次"非洲与……"的对话，一次在印度的班加罗尔（2008），一次在加利福尼亚洛杉矶（2009）。洛杉矶会议"非洲—北美相遇"（AMNA）是洛杉矶加利福尼亚大学组织的，是第一次在亚洲之外举行的对话活动。如果资金许可， AMNA有可能会异地举行，甚至可能在非洲举行。至今这种对话的历史显示出了一种预见性，如果这一系列对话能够生成出自己的力量，有更多的人去努力组织这种对话，无论是否与非洲相关，那么该预见性就会充分地显现出来。

我将利用这个机会来表示我对中央音乐学院和其他组织这类对话的组织者们的感谢！对中央音乐学院在出版这本文集上所做出的努力我也想表达我的感谢之情，这不仅加固了对话的想法，而且还可使其进一步推广。

阿金·尤巴

梅隆基金会音乐教授 匹兹堡大学 美国

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