Concert violinist Tasmin Little delves into the music, folklore, and story of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto, one of the best-known works for violin in the 20th century Chinese repertoire. As Culture Contributor for The China Current, Tasmin returns us to the 1950s when the concerto was composed by two students at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
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