月琴演奏家，改革家馮少先，一九三九年十二月出生於黑龍江省海倫縣，性喜音樂，一九五三年，入黑龍江省海倫縣評劇院當學員，習京劇月琴、敲擊樂及評劇伴奏，一九五七年，考入哈爾濱市歌舞團當學員，習二胡並參加樂隊演奏，一九五八年，哈爾濱市歌舞團易名為哈爾濱市歌舞劇院，遂拜張季讓為師習二胡，又受益於李廷松琵琶課程。一九五九年，開始改革京劇伴奏用月琴，加品、加弦，並調為十二平均律，成為三弦十八品之新型改革月琴；同年與曹大滄創作月琴獨奏曲《松花江漁歌》，拓展、豐富了月琴演奏藝術的表現力，繼而推動了月琴音樂的創作，稍後創編的月琴曲有《歡樂的日子》、《鐵人之歌》、《大象》、《北方民族生活素描》及協奏曲《北大荒狂想》等，均由其首演。一九六○年，任劇院民族樂隊首席，一九八一年，任黑龍江省歌舞劇院民族樂隊副隊長，一九八四年，升任團長，其亦為黑龍江省音樂家協會副主席、中國民族管弦樂學會理事等。
FENG Shao-xian
FENG Shao-xian was born in December 1939 in Hailun, Heilongjiang province. In 1953, he was admitted to the Hailun Opera Theatre of Heilongjiang as a student learning the yueqin and percussion of Ping opera accompaniment. In 1957, he was admitted to the Song and Dance Troupe of Harbin learning the erhu and also being a member of the ensemble attached to it. In 1958, the troupe changed the name to Song and Dance Theatre of Harbin. He then further studied the erhu under ZHANG Ji-rang and also studied the pipa under LI Ting-song. In 1959, he started to reform the yueqin of Beijing Opera by adding freds and strings to make it to a chromatic scale instrument. In the same year, he composed the yueqin solo piece Fisherman Song of the Songhua River together with CAO Da-cang. Later on, he composed many other yueqin pieces himself. In 1960, he became the principal of the ensemble of the theatre. In 1981, he was appointed to deputy concertmaster and took the position as concertmaster in 1984.