板胡演奏家、教育家沈诚，一九五九年出生于西安。十二岁开始随陝西名家学习板胡，一九八六年，毕业于西安音乐学院民乐系，一九八八年，考入中国音乐学院，师从“胡琴司令”刘明源等攻读研究生，一九九○年毕业，为我国第一位板胡硕士学位获得者。一九八七年，以高胡领奏参加全国广东音乐比赛，获集体二等奖，一九九五年，参加国际中国乐器独奏大赛，获板胡演奏第一名。作有板胡协奏曲《桑梓》，著有论文《中国板面拉弦乐器》，提出自己之见识。
SHEN Cheng
SHEN Cheng was born in 1959 in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. He started to learn the erhu in his adolescence. When he was twelve, he started to learn the banhu under famous performers in Shaanxi province. In 1986, he graduated from the Xi’an Conservatory, and in 1988, he was admitted to the China Conservatory, studying under the famous bow-string master LIU Ming-yuan. In 1990, he graduated being the first person in China who achieves a master degree in banhu. In 1987, he won a 2nd class award in the National Guangdong Music Competition as a leading gaohu player. In the International Chinese Music Competition 1995, he was the champion for the banhu section. He has composed a banhu concerto Sang Zi (Hometown).