Composer paints a musical picture with Buddha Passion

During the last six years, Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun has traveled to the ancient city of Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, multiple times to study and document the Mogao Caves.

A UNESCO World Heritage site, the caves have a large number of murals, which date back to the 4th and 14th centuries.

The result of his visits is a large-scale work, entitled Buddha Passion, which Tan composed for soloists, chorus and orchestra.