王鐵錘:
笛子演奏家王鐵錘，一九三二年六月十一日出生於河北省定縣子位村，定縣為吹歌音樂之鄉，王氏七歲即向其父與吹歌會藝人習奏管及笛，後向民間管樂演奏家楊元亨習藝。一九四七年，王氏入華北聯合大學文藝學院音樂系就讀，後在該校文工團任職。一九四九年，王氏在北京第一屆全國文代會上演奏河北吹歌《放驢》後，即隨中國青年文工團赴匈牙利演出，其後參加了第二屆至第五屆的世界青年聯歡節，在第五屆的民間管樂四重奏與笛子獨奏，分別獲二等及三等獎。一九六○年，加入中央民族樂團，後被評為國家一級獨奏演員，王氏創作有笛子曲《慶豐收》、《草原牧歌》、《趕路》、《油田的早晨》及《黃河邊的故事》等。
WANG Tie-chui
WANG Tie-chui was born on June 11, 1932 in Ding county, Hebei province whose native-land was famous of wind art. When he was seven years old, he started to learn the dizi and guanzi under his father and the native artists. Later on, he further studied them under the renowned musician YANG Yuan-heng. In 1947, he was admitted to the music department of the literary faculty of North China United University and then joined their performing group. In 1949, he was selected to participate in the performance of the 1st National Cultural Representatives Conference and then went along with the representatives to perform in Hungary. Later on, he was selected to participate in the 2nd to 5th World Youth Festivals and got many awards. In 1960, he was appointed to the National Traditional Orchestra of China and was appointed as the national 1st class performer. His dizi compositions including Celebration of the Harvest, Herd Song of the Prairie, On the Way to the Market, Morning in the Oil Well, Story along the Yellow River, etc.