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]

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