In 2008 in Shanghai again with my friend, the brilliant director Giacomo Ravicchio, we were among the first two westerners to be hired by a Chinese national theater. It was the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center who asked us to create a show and its music on an ancient tale well known to the Chinese "The White Snake". Giacomo and I studied Chinese culture for several months before going to Shanghai to work for 2 months on this creation with Ray Liu, Producer. About music, it is while hearing a text said by the actress and singer Gong Xiao that I had the idea to base myself on the Chinese prosody (the song of languages) in order to compose what became the main theme of the show. The anecdote: it was when the public, conquered and enthusiastic to have seen this show, came to ask me: "how can a westerner write this music which seems to come straight from our Chinese tradition?" to which I answered: "you have to be a musician and just listen to you speak" :) I also had the honor to