陳耀星，一九四一年五月出生於江蘇省常熟市，六歲時，從父陳舜農習二胡，繼習笛、簫、琵琶、三弦及古箏等民族樂器。一九五八年，考入南京藝術學院附中，一九六一年，升入本科，師從甘濤、馬友德及瞿安華等人主修二胡，並從程午嘉習琵琶。一九六三年，在廣東一文藝團體任職，一九六四年，調職北京中國人民解放軍第二炮兵政治部文工團，繼續從陳振鐸、陳朝儒、劉明源及曹正習二胡、古箏。一九七六年，創作了著名的二胡曲《戰馬奔騰》，在曲中創用了彈輪弓、快速雙弦顫弓、外撥弦、左手揚弓及右手彈輪等弓法。一九七九年，參加全軍第四屆文藝匯演，分別獲優秀創作獎及表演獎。一九八七年，參加首屆中國藝術節民族器樂專場演出，獲「金杯獎」
CHEN Yao-xing
CHEN Yao-xing was born in May 1941 in Changshu, Jiangsu province. When he was six, he started to learn the erhu and other traditional instruments from his father. In 1958, he was admitted to the affiliated secondary school of Nanjing Arts Academy. In 1961, he admitted his university course in the academy and learning the erhu under GAN Tao, MA You-de, QU An-hua and the pipa under CHENG Wu-jia. In 1963, he worked in an art unit in Guangdong. In 1964, he was transferred to the Song and Dance Troupe of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Missile Forces Department and further studied the erhu and zheng from CHEN Zhen-duo, CHEN Chao-ru, LIU Ming-yuan and CAO Zheng. In 1976, he composed the famous erhu piece The Battle-Horses Galloping by using many new techniques of his discovery. In 1979 and 1987, he got many award prizes of his performances.