李祥霆別名李泠秋，祖籍遼寧岫巖，滿族人，一九四○年四月出生於吉林省遼源市。一九五七年從古琴大師查阜西先生學琴，一九五八年考入中央音樂學院，師從大師吳景略先生，並深入研究，學習古琴大師管平湖先先的古琴藝術。一九六三年畢業留校教授古琴，四十多年來培育出中外古琴學生數百人。他經常在電台、電視台作古琴音樂的介紹，使琴樂藝術更能廣泛流傳。他對中國古琴藝術中有悠久歷史，而現已很少有人作此嘗試的「即興演奏」，尤特擅長。李氏現任中央音樂學院教授、中國琴會會長等職。
LI Xiang-ting
LI Xiang-ting was born in April 1940 in Liaoyuan, Jilin province. He was a Manchurian, also named LI Ling-qiu. His ancestral home was in Xiuyan, Liaoning province. In 1957, he started to learn the qin from the master ZHA Fu-xi. In 1958, he was admitted the Central Conservatory and studied under Professor WU Jing-lue. He then further studied the art of the master GUAN Ping-hu on qin music. In 1963, he graduated from the Central Conservatory and became a teacher there. Since that, he has trained hundreds of students. He always performs and introduces qin music in the radio broadcasting stations and television stations. He is well known in improvised performing of qin. He is now the professor of the Central Conservatory and the chairman of the Qin Society of China.