戲曲音樂家，京劇琴師楊寶忠，一八九九年出生於北京的梨園世家（祖父楊朵仙，父楊小朵均清末名花旦），原籍安徽，一九六七年文革時因凍餓逝世於天津。九歲從裘桂仙、陳秀華等人學戲。十二歲起，入「雙慶班」以「小小朵」藝名在京、津演童伶老生。十六歲因變聲輟演，改從孫佐臣、陳彥衡學京胡，並向俄人歐羅普學小提琴。二十四歲拜余叔岩為師，二十七歲再登舞台，先後與雪豔琴、尚小雲同台演出。三十二歲起，先後為孟小冬、馬連良、言菊朋、奚嘯伯、楊寶森等名演員操琴。善將小提琴演奏技術運用在京胡上，形成弓法快捷，音色剛勁清脆，表現力豐富的「楊派」風格。著有《楊寶忠京胡演奏經驗談》一書。一九五九年後，任中國音樂家協會天津分會副主席，天津市戲曲學校副校長。
YANG Bao-zhong
YANG Bao-zhong was born in 1899 in Beijing and passed away in 1967 in Tianjin because of hungry and cold. His grandfather YANG Duo-xian, father YANG Xiao-duo were both famous actors. His ancestral home was in Anhui. When he was nine, he learned acting from QIU Gui-xian and CHEN Xiu-hua. At the age of twelve, he acted the role of old man. And at sixteen years old, he started to learn the jinghu under SUN Zuo-chen and CHEN Yan-heng and the violin from a Russian musician. He became an actor again and learned under YU Shu-yan when he was twenty-four. He started as a jinghu accompanist when he was thirty-two and successively accompanied for MENG Xiao-dong, MA Lian-liang, YAN Ju-peng, XI Xiao-bo, YANG Bao-sen, etc. His performance in jinghu absorbed many techniques from the violin and forms his own performing style. In 1959, he was appointed vice-chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, Tianjin and assistant director of Tianjin Drama School.