Composer chooses to go ethnic

For Chinese composer Zhang Qianyi, his muse is the country's ethnic groups.

One of his most famous works is the pop song released in 1993, entitled Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was inspired by the natural scenery of the Tibet autonomous region and Northwest China's Qinghai province.

He also composed for a Chinese opera produced by the National Center for the Performing Arts, entitled Lan Huahua, in 2017, which was based on folk music of Northwest China.