古箏演奏家尹其穎，一九三三年六月出生於遼寧營口，原籍遼寧海城，回族人，祖父為晚清遼南名中醫及箏家。尹氏少時已能奏二胡與小提琴，一九五○年，入瀋陽文藝幹部訓練班，一九五一年，參加中國人民解放軍東北公安部隊文工團，一九五五年，考入東北音專，專修古箏，先後師承曹正、趙玉齋、蘇文賢及羅九香等人。在校期間即開始將鋼琴曲《晚會》、《牧童短笛》移植由箏演奏，一九五七年，赴莫斯科參加青年聯歡節，演奏雷雨聲創作的三重奏《春天來了》，獲金質獎章。一九五八年，畢業後在甘肅省人民電台樂隊任職。一九六二年，調北京中央民族樂團，創編箏曲有《五月的草原》、《天河頌》、《瑤族舞曲》、《翻身舞曲》、《翻身的日子》等。著文《龜茲樂初探》、《籌與口辨析》、《莫高窟樂舞圖錄》、《前蜀王建墓石刻伎樂是瑟非箏考》及《晚清箏家尹鴻兆》等。
YIN Qi-ying The Zheng player YIN was born in Liaonin in 1933. His grandfather was also a Zheng player and Chinese doctor. YIN could play erhu and violin when he was young. In 1950, he entered training classes in Shenyang. In 1951, he joined the People’s Army Arts Troupe. In 1955, he started his study of zheng in the Northeast Music Institute and was taught by the most famous zheng masters of China. He had transplanted some piano pieces to zheng by that time. In 1957, he won the gold medal in the music fest ival in Moscow by playing the trio piece “Spring is Coming”. In 1958, he worked in the Gansu Radio then transferred to the Central Chinese Orchestra in 1962. YIN had composed many famous zheng pieces and wrote some important essays about Chinese music.