In the musical creativity of composers of the XXI century, the issue of interaction of various national musical cultures remains relevant. The article discusses the features of the creative style of the Crimean Tatar composer Merzie Khalitova on the example of chamber and instrumental creativity. The analysis of the trio "in the rhythm of pink tones" for violin, trombone and piano, from the point of view of the interaction of national musical traditions and European musical thinking, is presented. The analysis of the work represents the characteristic trends in the development of chamber and instrumental music of the beginning of the XXI century. Means of musical expression aimed at revealing figurative semantics are also indicated. In each of his works, the composer finds an individual solution for the synthesis of folk elements and modern musical intonation means. It is possible to distinguish the ornamental melody and patterned rhythmics, which are variously reproduced by the composer, as the national basis of Merzie Khalitova's works.