胡炳旭 HU Bing-xu（1939～）
胡炳旭，指揮家、作曲家、雙簧管演奏家。先後任中央樂團、上海京劇團、北京京劇院、中央歌劇院、東方歌舞團、中央芭蕾舞團等國家級團體的常任指揮兼藝術指導、中央民族樂團副團長兼首席指揮、新加坡華樂團和廣東民族樂團音樂總監和首席指揮。1939年，出生於天津。1955年，考入中央音樂學院少年班（即現今的附中），學習雙簧管；1958年，直升大學管弦系本科；1959年，獲選隨捷克籍專家學習；1963年，以全優成績畢業，分配到中央樂團交響樂隊工作，專職雙簧管演奏。文化大革命期間，參加現代京劇《智取威虎山》和《杜鵑山》的創編和排演工作，又指揮交響樂《沙家浜》。其後，他曾指揮《開國大典》、《紅樓夢》、《霸王別姬》、《大紅燈籠高高掛》、《秦頌》、《西遊記》和《三國演義》等80餘部電影、電視劇以及眾多CD、DVD。1995年，榮獲頒發金唱片指揮特別獎。1997年至2000年，應邀出任新加坡華樂團首任音樂總監，兼首席指揮，在任期內曾率新加坡華樂團赴北京、上海、廈門、台灣等地演出，均獲得極大成功。2001–2013年，率領廣東民族樂團遠赴多地的世界級音樂殿堂，如奧地利維也納金色大廳、德國、瑞士、比利時、捷克等歐洲五國城市，作巡迴演出獲得巨大成功。2006年，應德國世界文化中心之邀，與北京京劇院一行八十多人，和德國柏林大歌劇院交響樂團、合唱團合作，僅用了三節排練便成功地上演了歷時兩個半小時的《大型京劇交響劇詩〈梅蘭芳〉》，獲得了空前成功！
HU Bing-xu (1939 -)
HU Bing-xu is a conductor, composer, and oboist. He has served as the resident conductor and artistic director of national-level ensembles such as the Central Orchestra, Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe, Beijing Peking Opera Theater, Central Opera Theater, Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble, and Central Ballet Troupe. He has also been the associate conductor and principal conductor of the National Traditional Orchestra of China, as well as the music director and chief conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Guangdong Traditional Orchestra. HU Bing-xu was born in Tianjin in 1939. In 1955, he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music Youth Class (now known as the Affiliated High School) to study the oboe. In 1958, he directly entered the undergraduate program of the Orchestral Department. In 1959, he was selected to study with Czech experts. In 1963, he graduated with honors and was assigned to work in the symphony orchestra of the Central Orchestra, specializing in oboe performance. During the Cultural Revolution, he participated in the creation and rehearsal of modern Peking operas such as “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy” and “The Azalea Mountain”, and conducted the symphony “Shajiabang”. Afterwards, he conducted over 80 films, TV dramas, CDs, and DVDs, including “The Founding Ceremony”, “Dream of the Red Chamber”, “Farewell My Concubine”, “Raise the Red Lantern”, “Ode to Qin”, “Journey to the West”, and “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. In 1995, he was awarded the Golden Record Conductor Special Award. From 1997 to 2000, he served as the inaugural music director and chief conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, leading the orchestra to perform in Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Taiwan, and other places with great success. From 2001 to 2013, he led the Guangdong Traditional Orchestra on tours to world-renowned music halls in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and other European countries, achieving tremendous success. In 2006, at the invitation of the German World Culture Center, he collaborated with more than 80 members of the Beijing Peking Opera Theater, the Berlin State Opera Orchestra, and the Choir to successfully stage the two-and-a-half-hour-long “Grand Peking Opera Symphony Poem, Mei Lanfang” with only three rehearsals, achieving unprecedented success!