陳振鐸，號晨明，字宣文，一九○五年一月三日出生於山東省淄博市臨淄區齊都鎮邵家圈村，一九九九年十一月八日因突發性心臟病，逝世於北京。十歲時開始學習民間音樂，一九二八年，考入上海國立音樂院，習鋼琴、琵琶、簫、鼓及作曲等。一九二九年九月，轉入北平大學藝術學院音樂系，從劉天華學習二胡，從趙麗蓮習鋼琴；後轉入嘉祉教授班學習，又師從張友鶴習七弦琴。一九三二年，在北平大學音樂專科及天津女子師範學院音樂系任教，一九三九年，參加組建青木關國立音樂院並任教授，其後又受聘為南京國立音樂院教授、國立女子師範學校及安徽師範學院音樂系教授，一九五○年，任北京中央音樂學院教授、系主任，一九五八年，任天津音樂學院教授，一九六一年，調任中央民族學院教授，任民族音樂教研室主任，一九八二年，為北京二胡研究會及中國民族樂器學會顧問，又任中國音協二胡學會名譽會長、中國管弦樂協會名譽顧問，並為中央民族學院學術委員會及學位評審委員會委員。
CHEN Zhen-duo
CHEN Zhen-duo was born on January 3, 1905 in Zibo, Shandong province and passed away of heart disease on November 8, 1999 in Beijing. He learned the traditional music when he was ten. In 1928, he was admitted to the National Shanghai Conservatory learning the piano, pipa, xiao, percussion and composition. In 1929, he was admitted to the music department of the Beijing University Arts Academy learning the erhu under LIU Tian-hua, the piano under ZHAO Li-lian and the guqin under ZHANG you-he. Since 1932, he was appointed to teach in the high-level educational units. In 1950, he was appointed as professor of Central Conservatory and in 1958, the professor of the Tianjin Conservatory. In 1961, he was transferred to the Central Nationalities Institute as professor and officer of the music research unit. In 1982, he was the consultants of the many erhu research units.