This dissertation research the issues of intercultural upbringing of students by means of music are exploring. The interconnection of intercultural education with other areas of education has been disclosed. The essence and content of the concept "intercultural upbringing of students" are revealed. It is noted that in Ukraine the terms "multicultural education" and "multicultural upbringing" are used more often than others. The author determines that the concept of "multicultural upbringing" is used in the European educational space as often as the term "intercultural upbringing". Intercultural upbringing is interpreted as a process of bringing up a tolerant, indulgent, and capable of successful communication and cooperation with person who are representatives of other cultures. On the basis of theoretical analysis of the essence and content of the term "intercultural education", the major components of intercultural upbringing are outlined, including: intercultural communication, intercultural tolerance, and intercultural identity. The concept of "intercultural upbringing of students" is defined as the process of systematic educational influence on a person, aimed at developing the readiness of students to acceptance people with different cultural values and different religions, to interactions with people of different ethnic origin, tolerant attitude to them, ability to realize significance of his own culture, identity, based on the principles of freedom and responsibility, solidarity and understanding, tolerance and democracy. In this dissertation, musical art is presented as a means of educational influence on the comprehensive development of an individual, as a factor of moral aesthetic and ethical experiences. The functions of the influence of music on the spiritual world of the personality are defined: cognitive, social, educational, suggestive, compensatory, heuristic, communicative, socializing, cathartic, and entertaining functions. It is proved that music is an effective means of intercultural upbringing of students. The current state of intercultural upbringing of students of higher educational institutions has been studied. It is found out that the means of music in this process are little used. The content of intercultural education of students included two units: a theoretical unit (students studied the essence and specificity of ethnic features of musical culture of different countries, musical styles, works of composers of each country) and a practical unit (students developed the skills of intercultural communication, tolerant attitude to the culture of other countries). The following methods of upbringing work were used: traditional (method of example, assignment, creation of a situation of success, instruction, illustration, demonstration, game, emotional action, encouragement) and innovative (motivational-dialogic method, intercultural tolerant communication, valuebased and ethno-identification method, design-creative method). The results of the experimental implementation of the technology of intercultural upbringing of students are presented. Promising trends of using the technology of intercultural upbringing of the students by means of music in the out-of-class work of higher educational institutions in China are determined.
