蕭白墉，一九四一年三月，出生於上海一個醫生家庭，原籍廣東潮陽，兒時喜好二胡，亦奏小提琴。一九五九年，考入上海民族樂團學館，師從項祖英習二胡，後又隨劉明源習板胡，得蔣風之、衛仲樂及何彬等人指導。一九六三年五月，參加第四屆「上海之春」全國首屆二胡比賽，獲二等獎及新作品演奏獎。一九七九年起，任上海民族樂團二胡首席二十餘載。一九八七年，獲中央文化部審批為國家一級演員及尖子演員，一九八九年，移居香港，後遷台灣。在此期間蕭氏為一自由業者，除教學外，亦有多種演奏活動與應邀錄製唱片多輯。
XIAO Bai-yong
XIAO Bai-yong was born in March 1941 in Shanghai and his ancestral home was in Chaoyang, Guangdong province. He loved to play the erhu and violin since he was young. In 1959, he was admitted to the attached school of the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra learning the erhu under XIANG Zhu-ying. He was also instructed by the famous musicians LIU Ming-yuan, JIANG Feng-zhi, WEI Chung-loh and HE Bin. In 1963, he was selected to participate in the 4th Shanghai Spring Festival’s national erhu competition. He won the second prize and the outstanding new work performance prize. In 1979, he was appointed as the erhu leader of the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra for more than twenty years. In 1987, he was selected and was appointed to be the national first class performer by the Central Cultural Department of China. In 1989, he migrated to Hong Kong and later settled in Taiwan.