chen gang, chen gexin, chinese communist party, chinese popular music, jin jiaoli, shanghai

The Legendary Origin of the Violin Concerto ‘Butterfly Lovers’

One of the most famous Chinese works of orchestral music is the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. It is based on the legendary tragic love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai and is also called “Liang Zhu” in Chinese, which is a combination of the family names of the central protagonists. This work has been ...

Michael Segarty

A monument to Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Asia's 'Romeo and Juliet.'