Saturday, December 09, 2006 China The reigning queen of Chinese folk music, Song Zuying, has received a nomination for the best Classical Crossover Album category at the Grammy Awards. Song Zuying re-interpreted the best Chinese film music from 1905 to 2005 on her album Bainian Liusheng, released at the end of last year. The album is the first time issued step to 54 countries and regions around the world. The album will now compete for the title against Bryn Terfel's Simple Gifts, Rumon Gamba's The Film Music Of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, David Lockington's Invention & Alchemy and Quartet San Francisco's Latigo. Other Chinese artists who have received Grammy nominations in the past are Tan don't, Wang Jiang and Dai Yuqiang. credits: crienglish, asianfanatics.
