Akiko Suwanai performing Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto
The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto is written in traditional 5-note technique (pentatonic scale), it uses many Chinese melodies, chord structures and patterns. This gives the piece a distinctive "Chinese" sound, though it uses tonal harmonies. The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto was written in 1959 by two Chinese composers, Chen Gang ( born 1935) and He Zhanhao (born 1933).
