China via violin

Many are probably familiar with the famed violin concerto "The Butterfly Lovers."

Incorporating elements of a popular Chinese regional opera and played with the violin, the masterpiece was originally an experiment to compose a violin piece with Chinese musical style.

Zhan Ning is a violin performer and an associate professor with the Shenyang Conservatory of Music. She explains the purpose of localizing the violin is to make Chinese violin pieces with distinctive Chinese features known to the world. Today, she brings us several remarkable Chinese violin works.