George Street Normal School pupil Justine Hua has been honing her skills on the instrument for three years.
She takes lessons every Saturday and generally practises two hours every day.
The young and talented musician is set to play at the Dunedin Chinese Garden on February 5, as it starts the city's Chinese New Year celebrations.
However, mother Fengping Lu said those originally asked to play with her now could not, and the planned piece ideally needed another violin, viola and cello.
Justine chose to play the quick-fingered "Summer'' from Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, as Summer was the name of one of her school friends.
Violin became her daughter's instrument of choice because of somewhat traumatic experiences with pianos, Mrs Lu said.
"She was too noisy when she was young and she would touch other people's pianos, and other people shouted at her, so she didn't want to play piano and chose violin instead.
"Maybe because of her good memory, she can recite every piece she's practising.''
She would often taken Justine busking in the city last year.
"Usually we can get $50 per hour, but this year we don't have time.''
Any child could play to a similar level well if they "practise hard and focus'', Mrs Lu said.
The family was originally from China, but had lived in Dunedin for two and a half years.
She and husband Xiaobin Hua hoped their daughter would continue with the instrument later in life.
"It's a good way to express feeling and communicate with people.''
Justine initially struggled with the intonations of playing the instrument which was the "most difficult and important part of violin learning as a beginner'', Mrs Lu said.
Her daughter was greatly helped by intonation visualisation practice software Tartini, which was developed at the University of Otago.
- Anyone interested in playing with Justine can contact Fengping Lu through social media.
