After his acclaimed success with composer Zhou Long wraps his arms around another classic, the ancient Chinese poem Chen Jie reports.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou Long first saw Yu Long conduct in Guangzhou in 2009. The Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra had commissioned Zhou and his composer wife Chen Yi to create an orchestral work Humen 1839, and its music director Yu took the baton to premiere it.

"I was impressed by Yu's sense of music," Zhou says.