Liu Tianhua (1895-1932) was a Chinese composer, performer, and music educator who brought revolutionary changes to erhu. A brother of poet Liu Bannong and musician Liu Beimao, he expanded erhu’s musical range and raised its level of expressiveness to new heights. With works like March of Brightness, Nocturnal Peace, Song of Birds in a Desolate Mountains, An Introduction to Song and Dance, and Falling Flowers Colouring the Green. Liu Tianhua was acclaimed as “China’s Father of Erhu”.