中国现代箜篌表演艺术创始人崔君芝，曾任中央民族乐团国家一级演奏员，目前旅居美国任美国圣荷西州立大学及中国音乐院客席箜篌教授，曾在国内外多次比赛中获奖。现任中国民族管弦乐学会箜篌专业委员会和中国音乐家协会箜篌研究会会长。中国国际箜篌演奏团艺术总监。自幼就受到专业的音乐教育，具有较高的文学艺术修养。一九六九年，毕业于中国音乐学院器乐系。在校期间她主修钢琴、二胡、马头琴。毕业后，在河北省歌舞剧院工作时又掌握了竖琴的演奏技巧。一九七九年，她参加了箜篌的改革研制工作，致力于演奏方法的创新。她以竖琴演奏手法为基础，揉合了中国民族传统乐器古筝、古琴、琵琶的演奏韵味和声响特点，创造了一整套箜篌的演奏技巧，编写了大量的教材和练习曲。崔君芝成为中国近代第一位箜篌演奏家，她的演奏质朴内在，技巧嫺熟，表现手法丰富，博得了国内外音乐家和听众的讚赏，赢得“箜篌国手”的美誉。
CUI Jun-zhi
CUI Jun-zhi is the first person to develop the performance skills of the modern konghou. She was a member of the National Traditional Orchestra of China and was appointed as the national first class performer. She is now living in U.S.A. and is the gust lecturer of China Conservatory. She has won many prizes in various competitions. In 1969, she graduated from the China Conservatory. During her study in the conservatory, she took piano as major and also studied erhu and matauqin. After graduation, she was appointed to the Song and Dance Theatre of Hebei Province. In which, she acquired the skill of harp performing. In 1979, she participated in the reformation of konghou and based on the performing skills of harp, zheng, guqin and pipa to develop a series of skills on the konghou. She became the first konghou performer in modern China. She performed so unadorned, skillfully and full of expressions that she won her reputation between musicians and audiences at home and abroad, and won her reputation as “Konghou Master”.