Among this year's Grammy's nominees for Best New Age Album was Impressions West Lake, composer
Kitaro's soundtrack to the
Zhang Yimou (Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony) -directed themed performance set in Hangzhou's
West Lake (of
Madame Lady Snake fame).
Featured in the album is
Jane Zhang's theme song for the show - Impressions West Lake Rain. She has also recently performed the song live at Kitaro's concert:
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Chinese composer
Tan Dun's "
Marco Polo" was also nominated for Best Opera Recording.
source:
Grammy