Yan Jinxuan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yan.

Yan Jinxuan (simplified Chinese: 严金萱; traditional Chinese: 嚴金萱; pinyin: Yán Jīnxuān^[1]) (21 May 1924 – 20 November 2014) was a Chinese composer.

She was best known for composing the music to the opera and ballet, The White Haired Girl. The opera was first performed in 1945.^[2] Yan composed a ballet with music adapted from the opera.^[3] The eight-act ballet premiered in 1965, performed by the Shanghai Dance Academy (now known as the Shanghai Ballet Company).^[4]

Yan died in November 2014 at the age of 94.^[5]