陳閱聰先生，北京人，祖籍河南省靈寶縣，生於一九一七年，二ＯＯ八年逝世於北京。一九三八年畢業於北平大學工學院應化系，歷任東北大學教授，冶金部北京鋼鐵設計研究總院高級工程師等職。陳先生幼年時曾學鋼琴，十五歲拜師張友鶴先生門下學習操縵，屬諸城派琴家，十九歲即著有“古琴淺說”刊於一九三六年蘇州美術專科學校出版的《浪藝》。其後，又得楊葆元先生傳授琴法，六十多年來一直醉心於研究古琴藝術，他的演奏質樸純真，這應與老師們的教導和他的性格分不開的，因擅長琴曲《長門怨》，而有“陳長門”之稱。陳先生為北京古琴研究會會員，藏有宋代古琴“凍夜觀泉”。
CHEN Yue-cong was born in 1917 in Beijing and passed away in 2008 in Beijing. His ancestral home was in Lingbao, Henan Province. In 1938, he graduated from the department of Applied Chemistry, Peking University. He had been the professor of the Northeastern University and the Senior Engineer of the Steel Design Research Institute, Ministry of Metallurgy. Started with piano in early tears, he studied the qin at fifteen under ZHANG You-he. His Introduction to Guqin was written at nineteen and published in 1936 in a journal of the Suzhou Arts Institute. His special character and tutelage with ZHANG You-he made him indulged in the art of qin for over sixty years with a genuine and tranquil virtuosity.