Homegrown soprano returns to tour China

The year 1984 is unforgettable for soprano Dilber Yunus. That year, China's women's volleyball team won its first gold medal at the Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles.

The same year, while still studying at the department of vocal music and opera at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music, Yunus won second prize at the prestigious Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland.

"I became a star in the campus like the women's national volleyball team," recalls Yunus, who is better known by her stage name, Dilber.