Ya Zhang

Zhang Yadong (张亚东, Shanxi, born 11 March 1969) is one of China's best-known record producers, known as "the golden producer". His mother was a Shanxi Opera singer. He learned the cello from age 8 and began composing when he was 13. From 1991 he worked in music production in Beijing, and he produced his own debut album Ya Tung in 1998. In 2004 he and Song Ke took control of Taihe Rye Music, which was then a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, to make it an independent record label in China. In 2006, Zhang formed another company, "Dong Yue" (Dong's music).