李孔元先生，台灣省台南縣人，一九五九年出生。自幼喜愛中國音樂，曾參加國樂社，學習古箏及琵琶的演奏，一九七七年開始師事容天圻先生，學習操縵之藝，一九八一年畢業於台灣成功大學中國文學系，其後在台中的中學任國文教職，並開始應邀參加各種的演出活動，由於長期得到容天圻先生之薰陶與啟發，開始逐步形成流暢平易的個人風格，其琴音遂獲“珠圓玉潤、靈動暢達”及“爐火純青、妙造自然”的評論。
LI Kong-yuan was born in 1959 in Tainan, Taiwan. He was fond of music since his childhood and learned many traditional instruments like zheng and pipa. In 1977, he started to learn the qin under RONG Tian-qi. After graduated from the university, he became a teacher in Taizhong. He then took part in many activities and performances and got good comments.