王國潼，一九三九年出生於遼寧大連，原籍山東省福山。一九五五年，考入北京中央音樂學院附中，一九五八年，升入該院民族音樂系，先後師從陳振鐸、藍玉崧、丁鐺、蔣風之習二胡專業。一九六○年，提前畢業，留校任教。六十年代初，其演奏劉文金所作《三門峽暢想曲》及《豫北敍事曲》，影響頗大。七十年代後期，演奏《二泉映月》唱片，獲中國唱片總公司首屆金唱片獎。一九七二年，調中國廣播民族樂團任二胡首席，後為藝術指導。一九八三年，調回中央音樂學院任民樂系主任、教授。曾任香港演藝學院中樂系系主任。王氏與北京民族樂器廠製作師滿瑞興合作研製方圓二胡、低調粗弦二胡及扁八角高胡，分別獲文化部頒發科技成果三等獎與四等獎。
WANG Guo-tong
WANG Guo-tong was born in 1939 in Dalian, Liaoning province and his ancestral home was in Fushan, Shandong province. In 1955, he was admitted to the affiliated secondary school of the Central Conservatory. In 1958, he studied the university course there and learned the erhu under CHEN Zhen-duo, LAN Yu-song, DING Dong and JIANG Feng-zhi respectively. In 1960, he graduated ahead of time and appointed to teach in the conservatory. In 1960s, his performance on the erhu pieces Sanmen Gorge Capriccio and Ballad of Yubei Areas of LIU Wen-jin affected the music circle very much. He has granted the Gold Phonograph Record prize in 1970s by performing Reflection of the Moon on Lake Erquan by the China Record Company. In 1972, he was transferred to the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra as the erhu section leader and artistic director. In 1983, he was transferred back to the Central Conservatory as the professor and department head of the traditional music department. He has been the Chinese music department head of the Hong Kong Arts Performance Academy.