陳重:
國樂演奏家陳重,一九一九年出生於上海浦東楊家渡,二零零二年病逝於上海。陳氏自幼即受舅父蔣龍生影響,愛好管弦絲竹,十一歲時,隨舅父習二胡與笛,一九三四年參加浦東地區的「恬樂國樂研究社」(後易名為「梅友國樂社」),一九三五年,入上海友聲旅行團國樂組,得前輩絲竹音樂家金忠信及任光、林之音的賜教,又先後向孫裕德、張子謙、吳景略習琵琶、簫、塤與古琴等,刻苦磨練,技藝日進。一九四一年,與孫裕德等五人組上海「國樂研究會」,並參加「今虞琴社」。一九五二年,在「今虞琴社」的古樂演奏會上,用高價購得從清宮外流的朱紅描金古塤演奏《陽關三疊》、《關山月》、《普庵咒》等古曲,獲特殊良好效果,萌改革之想,後研製成九孔及十孔陶塤,自編樂曲,並授於徒。一九五六年秋開始,先後在瀋陽音樂學院、天津音樂學院、中央音樂學院、中央民族學院及中國人民解放軍藝術學院專任或兼任笛、簫、琵琶與古琴等教學至退休。陳氏曾改編蘇南吹打《大步步高》,撰《介紹古琴》及《怎樣吹簫》(合作)等著作。
CHEN Zhong
CHEN Zhong was born in 1919 in Pudong, Shanghai and passed away of illness in 2002. Since his childhood, his music talent was affected by his uncle JIANG Long-sheng. At the age of eleven, he started to learn the erhu and dizi under his uncle. In1934, he joined the Tian Le Music Research Society (later changed name to Mei You Music Society) of Pudong. In 1935, he joined the Shanghai You Sheng Tour Music Society and learned traditional music from JIN Zhong-xin, REN Guang and LIN Zhi-yin. He also learned the pipa, xiao, xun and guqin under SUN Yu-de, ZHANG Zi-qian and WU Jing-lue, respectively. In 1941, he, SUN Yu-de and other five persons founded the Music Research Society of Shanghai, he also joined the Jinyu Qin Musicians’ Association. In 1952, he used his valuable xun from the Qing palace to perform Yangguan in Three Tiers, Moon over the Fortified Pass and Pu-an’s Incantation in the concert organized by Jinyu Qin Musicians’ Association. Later on, he started to research and reform the xun to nine and ten holes. In 1956, he taught in the Shenyang Conservatory, Tianjin Conservatory, Central Conservatory, etc., respectively on the dizi, xiao, pipa and guqin until his retirement.