Are non western instruments stupid?

Hello, everybody

I would like to start a new blog about musical thoughts and about making music.
I will write in english or sometimes in korean.

am a Korean-German composer living in Berlin and my space, since I was born, is in-between cultures. My way to music was long and full of detours, but always characterized by the clash of cultures—the question "Where is my homeland?" never got answered. What happened to me during a tour with my ensemble IIIZ+ was this: At the airport in Narita/Tokyo and everywhere in Japan everybody spoke to me in Japanese (I can't speak Japanese); in Taiwan everybody spoke Chinese to me (I can't speak Chinese either). Back home at the airport in Berlin, people spoke in English to me (I am a native German speaker). Not to have a homeland is probably the main source of energy for my music. The last two years I worked on a 80-minutes piece for Korean Orchestra and with a lot of Korean soloists called "Part of Nature". I love Korean music and I loved the work on that piece. I learned many new things - it was like a second study - but among them one thing: I view Korean music differently than many "authentic" Koreans regard their music and instruments. I really like the original, archaic, non-modernized Korean instruments—the sound color is unique and still very close to the voice and the original playing techniques are highly developed. But I felt and heard it also said directly that a lot of Korean musicians feel ashamed about their instruments compared to western instruments. That made me very sad. I would like to discuss that question:

Is a Korean instrument (or any other non-western musician) a primitive and limited instrument compared to the western instruments?

국악 악기들은 원적인, 부족한 악기들인가 - 서양아기들 하고 비교하면?