At Carnegie Hall, AI-backed music's possibilities take stage

Cai said he expected more music and art exchanges between China and the United States.

"We have such AI technology, and we want more and more talented Chinese composers to present their work to larger audiences," he said.

Anthony Paul De Ritis, a composer, professor and former chair of the music department at Northeastern University told China Daily that dialogue between the two countries on music is needed.

He has been working as a scholar in China since 1999 and exploring music-making with traditional Chinese instruments, featuring electric or electric acoustic effects based on Chinese poems.

"The exchange of ideas over this 25-year period has been incredibly beneficial for me. Music is a means of intercultural dialogue," he said. Ritis also is the research coordinator of the International Computer Music Association, where he encourages more connections through music.

"China is very much supportive of the exchanges of these academic ideas," he said, which "is going to cross multiple cultures".