三弦演奏家、教育家李乙，一九三二年二月十日出生於上海浦東，二零一九年十二月五日逝世於上海。一九四四年，李氏參加新四軍後調入革命文藝團體——新安旅行團，從事三弦演奏專業，期間向晉、冀、魯、豫的民間藝人學習說唱藝術和民間音樂，一九四九年，隨中國人民解放軍進入上海，以軍方文藝工作者的身份，參加了由何士德指揮的《黃河大合唱》等演出，並開始向上海市工部局交響樂團小提琴演奏家鄭金鑾學習小提琴及西洋音樂理論。一九五三年，參加慰問第三團赴朝鮮慰問，以三弦獨奏的形式為志願軍服務，一九五六年，赴北京參加全國專業音樂舞蹈會演，演奏《十八板》、《大浪淘沙》、《黃河之水天上來》、《春江花月夜》等曲目，獲得專家的肯定，中央人民廣播電台，錄音並灌製了第一張三弦獨奏的唱片向全國發行，並以《三弦能手》為題，專文介紹李乙和他演奏的曲目，由中國廣播電台國際部向全世界廣播，從此確立了三弦這個樂器在國內外的地位和影響。
LI Yi
LI Yi was born on February 10, 1932 in Pudong, Shanghai and passed away on December 5, 2019 in Shanghai. In 1944, he joined the cultural and art troupe of the Chinese Army as a sanxian player. At the same time, he learned the traditional music and versified story singing from the folk musicians of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. In 1949, he followed the People’s Liberation Army to Shanghai and participated in the performance of the Yellow River Cantata conducted by HE Shi-de. He then learned the violin and theory under ZHENG Jin-luan of the Symphony of the Work Office of Shanghai. Since 1953, he has participated in many performances and was well received. His performance catalogue included Pattern of Eighteen, Waves Washing the Beach, The Water of the Yellow River is Coming from the Sky, Moonlight over the River in Spring, etc. The Central Broadcasting Station recorded his performing pieces and broadcasted locally and abroad. At the same time, he published his first traditional sanxian record. From then on, he has had great affection in the field of sanxian at home and aboard.