劉英
劉英，嗩吶演奏家，上海音樂學院副教授。在第二屆“中國藝術節”上演奏朱踐耳的《天樂》，榮獲“優秀成果獎”。在十四屆“上海之春＂上獲優秀表演獎。他先後獲上海市“青年十佳優秀演員”提名並被評為“優秀青年教師＂。曾出訪亞、歐、美十多個國家和地區。錄製過許多嗩吶演奏的唱片。
魏永堂 (WEI Yong-tang)
管樂演奏家魏永堂，一九一八年出生於山東省鉅野縣，逝世於一九七六年，魏氏是魯西南鼓吹樂著名的演奏家。一九三五年，開始從藝，為職業藝人，一九五四年，參加華東民間音樂小型會演，一九五四年六月，參加省音樂工作組，善長於吹嗩吶、竹笛、笙等管樂器，一九五五年，以菏澤著名民間藝人身份參加全國音樂舞蹈會演，獲得一等獎。 WEI Yong-tang WEI Yong-tang was born in 1918 in Juye county, Shandong province and passed away in 1976. He was a famous musician of the wind and percussion music of south-west Shandong. In 1935, he started to learn the traditional wind instruments and became a professional musician later. In 1954, he was selected to participate in the Small Joint Performance of Folk Music of Eastern China. In June of that year, he was appointed to join the music work team of Shandong province. He was good at playing the suona, bamboo flute, sheng, etc. In 1955, he was selected to represent Heze of Shandong province to participate in the National Joint Performance of Folk Music and Dance and won a first class award.
朱海 (ZHU Hai)
高胡演奏家朱海，一九一五年出生於廣東新會，一九八三年七月十九日病逝於廣州，終年六十九歲。一九三五年，開始從事粵樂演奏，一九五一年，參加廣州曲藝隊，為樂隊「頭架」（即首席）。一九五四年，赴羅馬尼亞參加第四屆世界青年和平與友誼聯歡節，以其作為主奏之廣東音樂小組榮獲了獎項。一九五八年，調廣東音樂曲藝團任職，一九七六年退休後，仍孜孜不倦地輔導青年學員。朱氏演奏《昭君怨》、《雙聲恨》等乙凡調曲子，首創上下三度回滑音，獨具一格。其作品《歡樂的春耕》，轉調巧妙，快弓密集，收入廣東民間音樂研究室編《廣東音樂曲集》中，朱氏為中國音樂家協會會員、音協廣東分會民族音樂委員會委員、廣州民間樂團音樂顧問。 ZHU Hai ZHU Hai was born in 1915 in Xinhui, Guangdong province and passed away of illness at the age of sixty-nine on July 19, 1983 in Guangzhou. In 1935, he started to perform Cantonese music. In 1951, he joined the ensembles in Guangzhou as gaohu leader. In 1954, he was selected to participate the 4th session of World Youth Festival in Romania and won an award together with his ensemble colleagues. In 1958, he was transferred to the Guangdong Folk Music Acrobatics Group and working there until his retirement in 1976. His composition the Happy Spring-Plough has been published in a Cantonese Music Collection in 1984.
劉天一 (LIU Tian-yi)
高胡演奏家劉天一，生於一九一○年十月二十日，一九九○年六月三日逝世於廣州，原名劉厚吉，學名劉善庶，廣東省台山縣人。一九一四年，隨父遷居廣州，中學時自學音樂，一九三一年，參加「素社」，為該社高胡演奏員。一九三四年，獲俄籍鋼琴家夏理柯教授擔任鋼琴伴奏，合作演出《餓馬搖鈴》、《雨打芭蕉》等名曲。一九三八年，遷居澳門，一九四九年，再遷香港，一九五○年，為電影《家》、《春》、《秋》、《絕代佳人》等配音；並錄製唱片《蕉窗夜雨》和《塞上吟》，又與邵鐵鴻合奏《流水行雲》，與梁以忠合奏《漢宮秋月》，與呂文成合奏《鳥驚喧》等名曲。一九五四年，由港返穗，在廣東戲劇改革委員會的廣東音樂研究組（一九五六年後改建為廣東民間樂團）工作，一九五五年，隨華南歌舞團赴旅大演出，一九五六年，參加廣東省音樂界代表團到京為全國第一屆音樂周演出，一九五九年，隨廣東民間樂團赴前蘇聯、匈牙利等國巡迴演出，一九六一年，任廣東音樂曲藝團副團長。六十年代，先後隨廣東曲藝團、中國藝術家表演團外出訪問。在《鳥投林》中以高胡奏出各類鳥聲，深受歡迎，新中國成立後，成功地演奏了第一首高胡獨奏曲《春到田間》，和自己創作的《魚游春水》，其泛音一段有所創新。作品還有《花市迎春》、《懷念》、《放煙花》、《紡織忙》等。 LIU Tian-yi LIU Tian-yi also named LIU Hou-ji was born on October 20, 1910 in Taishan, Guangdong province and passed away on June 3, 1990 in Guangzhou. In 1914, he moved to Guangzhou with his father. He loved music since his childhood. In 1931, he was a member of a famous music society in Guangzhou, the Su Society, and was a gaohu player there. In 1934, he held a gaohu recital in the Guangzhou Y.M.C.A. Concert Hall, accompanied by a renown Russ
高華
高華，出生於嗩吶之鄉河南，六歲起即開始學習嗩吶，師從著名管樂大師胡海泉，得到悉心指導，技藝日進。後就讀於中國音樂學院，受業於丁懷成老師。多年的努力不但使她曾在多次比賽中獲獎，並得到機會參加各種大型的晚會演出。高華的演奏技藝在出訪各國及地區中受到熱烈的歡迎和高度的評價，是位出色而有前途的青年演奏家。
侯艷秋 (HOU Yan-qiu)
管樂演奏家侯艷秋，出生於中國河南省，在父母的薰陶下，九歲時開始學習嗩呐，十二歲考入中國音樂學院，現已是中國音樂學院的一名青年教師，她經常被邀參加電影、電視以及電台的音樂錄音工作，同時還應邀到世界許多國家和地區訪問演出。並受到了各國人民的一致歡迎和好評。一九九五年榮獲「北京國際中國民族器樂獨奏大賽」嗩呐第一名。 HOU Yan-qiu HOU Yan-qiu was born in Henan province. She started to learn the suona under her parents’ guidance at the age of nine. When she was twelve, she was admitted to the China Conservatory. Now she has become a teacher in the Conservatory. She is frequently invited to join soundtrack productions for films, TV and radio stations, and has toured many countries for performance, winning the acclaim of the audiences. She was the champion for the suona section in the International Chinese Music Competition 1995.
呂文成 (LU Wen-cheng)
粵樂宗師呂文成，一八九八年三月十二日出生於廣東中山縣石岐鎮南門一清貧農家，一九八一年八月二十二日病逝於香港。一九○一年，隨父遷居上海的粵籍移民聚居之虹口區，一九○八年，免費入讀廣肇義學，一九一三年，畢業後當銀匠徒工，因性好音樂，更嗜好胡琴與揚琴演奏，不時向俱樂部粵樂隊學習，至二十歲時，已有「二胡博士」之雅號。一九二六年得司徒夢岩指導，將「江南二胡」創改為「粵樂二胡」，其亦長於演唱粵曲「旦喉」，自打揚琴自唱之《燕子樓》、《瀟湘夜雨》及頌揚革命家秋瑾女士的《秋魂夜怨》等唱腔，流芳於世，經久不衰。一九三二年「一‧二八」戰役後，離開上海到香港，從事粵樂演奏及灌錄唱片之工作，在大半個世紀的藝術生涯中，呂氏錄製的粵樂及粵曲唱片達二百餘張，其創作之粵樂、粵曲等亦不下此數。其粵樂作品包括《蕉石鳴琴》、《燭影搖紅》、《平湖秋月》、《醒獅》、《下山虎》、《步步高》等等家喻戶曉名曲百餘首。 LU Wen-cheng LU Wen-cheng was bron on March 12, 1898 in Zhongshan, Guangdong province and passed away of illness on August 22, 1981 in Hong Kong. In 1901, he moved to Shanghai with his father. In 1913, he graduated from school and started to learn music from the members of the ensemble of his working area. At that time, he studied hard with diligence and got him a fame of “Master of Erhu”. In 1926, he was guided by the violinist SITU Meng-yan to transform the Jiangnan erhu into a new format which let him to invent the Guangdong erhu. Later, he continued his reformation of musical instruments on the yan
任同祥 (REN Tong-xiang)
嗩呐演奏家任同祥，一九二六年十二月十八日（農曆丙寅年十一月十四日）出生於山東省嘉祥縣張樓鄉荷澤區任家村，二零零二年十二月十日病逝於上海。任氏九歲自習民間鼓樂，十二歲隨堂伯父任保盼學習魯西南鼓吹樂演奏，不久即成為當地鼓樂班子的「主吹」，十五歲參加在山東楊莊舉辦的五家鼓樂班「對班」嗩呐比賽，技驚四座，任氏吸取各地高手演奏民間嗩呐曲《百鳥音》的特點，借鑑前輩藝人袁子文創用的「疙瘩腔」技法創改為「反雙吐」，配用袁子文的《百鳥朝鳳》易名，及至一九五三年，此曲已趨成熟、完整，同年通過多次選拔，參加了全國第一屆民間音樂舞蹈（業餘）匯演。稍後又被選拔參加在羅馬尼亞布加勒斯特舉行的第四屆世界青年與學生和平友誼聯歡節，以《百鳥朝鳳》一曲獲銀質獎章。隨後在「嗩呐王國」緬甸演出《百鳥朝鳳》後，獲緬甸總理親授國家金質獎章。一九五四年，出任上海實驗歌劇院嗩呐獨奏演員及在上海音樂學院兼課，直至病逝。他還擅演《抬花轎》、《一枝花》等。 REN Tong-xiang REN Tong-xiang was born on December 18, 1926 in Jiaxiang, Shandong province and passed away of illness on December 10, 2002 in Shanghai. At the age of nine, he learned the folk percussion tunes by himself. When he was twelve, he learned the wind and percussion music of south-west Shandong from his uncle REN Bao-pan. Soon, he became the chief performer of the local ensemble. When he was fifteen, he participated in the competition of suona for the five local ensembles. At the competition, he was pleasantly surprised by others of
姜克美 (JIANG Ke-mei)
青年胡琴演奏家姜克美，瀋陽市人，一九八八年畢業於中央音樂學院，師從李恒先生，主修板胡，並獲南北胡琴名家們的指導，系統地學習了京胡、二胡、高胡、中胡及其它胡琴族樂器，現任中國廣播民族樂團胡琴獨奏演員。一九九二年，應邀赴澳門參加第六屆澳門國際音樂節，舉辦個人胡琴獨奏專場音樂會，與澳門中樂團進行了成功的合作演出，獲得中外人士的高度讚賞，報稱「姜克美的胡琴演奏聽出耳油」。姜克美是國內民族樂壇上較為活躍的青年演奏家，經常在各種重大演出和錄影活動中擔任獨奏節目。音樂評論家評論姜克美的演奏為：「技術嫺熟，精細而富於變化，善於以自我的方式去感受和處理音樂的語意，而女性的溫柔細膩又使她的演奏始終洋溢著詩一般的靈氣和激情」。 JIANG Ke-mei JIANG Ke-mei was born in Shenyang. She graduated from the Central Conservatory in 1988, majoring in the banhu under the guidance of LI Heng. She also systematically studied other instruments of the huqin family under the guidance of famous huqin players in various parts of China. She is now a huqin soloist of the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra. In 1992, she was invited to join the 6th Macau International Music Festival and gave a huqin recital. She gave a successful performance with the Macau Chinese Orchestra, which was highly acclaimed. JIANG Ke-mei is an active young soloist of Chinese music in China. She is frequently
李慕良 (LI Mu-liang)
戲曲音樂家、京劇琴師李慕良，一九一八年二月二十三日出生於湖南長沙，二零一零年二月二十八日病逝於北京。李氏字孟鄂，幼年開始學唱京戲老生，九歲學京胡，十五歲拜馬連良為師，並開始為言菊朋操琴。十九歲開始向徐蘭沅學琴，二十二歲之後一直為馬連良操琴。他曾為京劇《赤壁之點》、《官渡之戰》、《趙氏孤兒》、《逼上梁山》、《海瑞罷官》、《闖王旗》及《沙家浜》、《智取威虎山》、《紅岩》等設計唱腔，並對京劇曲牌進行了大量的改編，其中《夜深沉》、《萬年歡》、《春夏秋冬》具有代表性。還創作了《新東方贊》、《躍龍門》等新的京劇曲牌。一九八二年，錄製了《李慕良京劇音樂十一首》的唱片及盒式錄音帶。 LI Mu-liang LI Mu-liang was born on February 23, 1918 in Changsha, Hunan province and passed away of illness on February 28, 2010 in Beijing. He was also named LI Meng-e and learning Peking Opera since he was young. When he was nine years old, he started to learn the jinghu. At fifteen, he learned under MA Lian-liang and started to accompany for YAN Ju-peng. At the age of nineteen, he started to learn the jinghu under XU Lan-yuan and accompanied for MA Lian-liang after twenty-two. He has designed operatic song melodies for many Peking Opera shows and has composed many new qupais. In 1982, he has recorded eleven jinghu pieces played by himself on phonograp