阅读理解 He was once a barefooted rice-planter in a village in Hunan．He had never heard even the names, let alone the music, of Beethoven or Mozart until he was 19．But when he went back to his hometown last month, 27 years later, he was an internationally recognized musician who has won the highest honours the music industry can give． Tan Dun staged his latest work, “The Map：Saving Disappearing Music Traditions”, for free before an audience of 3000 Hunan people．Most of them were local Miao and Tujia minorities． The piece was the product of his 1999 inspirational tour to the western part of Hunan Province, where many minorities live．It was performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra(波士顿交响乐团)earlier this year with the composer himself conducting． As a musician who has spent 20 years expressing multiculturalism through music, he has made a great impact(影响)on the world's music scene．He mixes classical and non-classical, east and west, traditional styles and new techniques．For his efforts, he has won an Oscar and a Grammy award and been named Musical America's “Composer of the Year”． One of Tan's most famous works is “Symphony 1997：Heaven Earth Mankind”．The orchestral work was performed live to mark the official handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997．He has also composed music for films including “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” in 2001 and “Hero” in 2002． “Music is a way of expressing internal feelings and my music is completely based on Chinese culture,” said Tan． When he arrived in New York in 1986, he wanted to be a standard western composer．But, after working with many leading western musicians, he realized that he couldn't turn his back on his roots．“Chinese culture gave me a golden key that has opened many different musical gates,” he said． | 
