Learning violin from an old, china teacher=learning to play old china songs, transcribed for the violin.

I just wished to learn something different, something that is common for music diploma students to learn(ie pieces composed by westerners).

But he seems very against the idea of learning that. He thinks that asians will definitely lose to those westerners if we performed their pieces as we do not know how the way of expression in their pieces, but as asians if we perform asian pieces, we will be very likely to stand out.

What's more that i could say? except that i just want to learn those western pieces that are basic necessity to learn, and i don care about whether i'll lose out to others or not. It's just necessary to learn them, right?