Two young artists, rising piano star Zhang Haotian and digital artist Da Da, recently joined hands to stage an innovative show in Beijing, combining their respective areas of interest and expertise.

Pianist Zhang Haotian, 30, has a reputation for breaking boundaries and creating sumptuous auditory experiences during his performances. For instance, for an art exhibition themed on cultural inheritance held in 2021, he created a piece of music after having carefully studied the artistry of tomb paintings and other excavated cultural relics from the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

For this concert, most of the melodies that Zhang played were tunes adapted for the piano from works originally produced as other forms of performing arts. "Igor Stravinsky's work 'Petrouchka,' one of the most famous ballet scores of the 20th century, is among the pieces I'm about to play during the concert," Zhang said ahead of the show.

Digital artist Da Da decided to focus her attentions on enlivening the backdrop of the stage in a bid to "give classical music a new tone to keep it alive."

"I'm glad to see visual arts in the form of digital artwork, combined with a real piece of exquisite engraving art, which will be used to liven up the concert performance," Zhang noted.

In addition, veteran stage design artist Ren Dongsheng, who masterminded many award-winning pieces for China's "Lotus Awards" dance competition and the China Art Festival, is the artistic director of this collaborative performance.