Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man gives a workshop on improvisational techniques to Bard students at the second annual conference of the U.S.-China Music Institute, at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, the United States, March 12, 2019. Educators and performers from the U.S., Canada and Europe Tuesday wrapped up a two-day conference in New York on the developments and challenges of teaching Chinese music in the West. The event, themed "Tradition and Discovery: Teaching Chinese Music," was presented by the U.S.-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music in partnership with China's Central Conservatory of Music, the Music Confucius Institute at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and the Center for Chinese Music and Culture at Middle Tennessee State University. (Xinhua/Zou Guangping)
