Musicology Annotation << Back Innovative trends in music education in modern Chinese and Russian pedagogy Hu Yawen The article discusses the musical trends of modern Russian and Chinese pedagogy. The unique characteristics of music education in Russia and China, emerging at the present stage, are analyzed as the subject of the study. The aim of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of innovative pedagogical trends existing in Russian and Chinese music pedagogy; to highlight the main similarities and differences of music education in Russia and China at the present stage; to determine the possibility of using the experience of teaching music in both countries. he main method of research used in the article is the method of complex theoretical analysis of modern scientific Russian and Chinese literature on the problem of research, analysis of educational and methodical literature, methods of comparative analysis, comparison, classification are also involved. The study revealed the main features of music education in China and Russia. The history of development of musical educational systems in both countries is briefly revealed. The article analyzes the transformations taking place in the system of music education in Russia and China. The description of General and various features and characteristics of music education in Russia and China is presented, their unique national features are defined. The prospects of using the ideas of the Russian methodology of musical education of children in the education system of China are presented. The principles of optimization of musical education in kindergartens of China are developed. According to the results of the study, it is concluded that Russian and Chinese music pedagogy have both a great similarity and a sufficient number of differences. The existing similarities are due to the close cultural cooperation between Russian and Chinese society, which has developed throughout the history of relations between the two countries. Differences in musical education are caused by the specificity of national cultures, economic and social development of society in Russia and China. The novelty of the results presented in the article consists in the systematization of information on the current trends of Russian and Chinese pedagogy, determining the basic principles and approaches to the implementation of music education in Russian and Chinese musical institutions at the present stage. The results of the study can be useful in the development of teaching AIDS, programs and other materials for teaching music on the basis of Russian and Chinese educational institutions. Keywords: music education, music pedagogy, Russian pedagogy, Chinese pedagogy, principles of education, educational trends, Chinese music education, Russian music education, state of music education. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.01.2020.1106 Contacts: - Pp. 38-42.