月琴演奏家，改革家冯少先，一九三九年十二月出生于黑龙江省海伦县，性喜音乐，一九五三年，入黑龙江省海伦县评剧院当学员，习京剧月琴、敲击乐及评剧伴奏，一九五七年，考入哈尔滨市歌舞团当学员，习二胡并参加乐队演奏，一九五八年，哈尔滨市歌舞团易名为哈尔滨市歌舞剧院，遂拜张季让为师习二胡，又受益于李廷松琵琶课程。一九五九年，开始改革京剧伴奏用月琴，加品、加弦，并调为十二平均律，成为三弦十八品之新型改革月琴；同年与曹大沧创作月琴独奏曲《松花江渔歌》，拓展、丰富了月琴演奏艺术的表现力，继而推动了月琴音乐的创作，稍后创编的月琴曲有《欢乐的日子》、《铁人之歌》、《大象》、《北方民族生活素描》及协奏曲《北大荒狂想》等，均由其首演。一九六○年，任剧院民族乐队首席，一九八一年，任黑龙江省歌舞剧院民族乐队副队长，一九八四年，升任团长，其亦为黑龙江省音乐家协会副主席、中国民族管弦乐学会理事等。
FENG Shao-xian
FENG Shao-xian was born in December 1939 in Hailun, Heilongjiang province. In 1953, he was admitted to the Hailun Opera Theatre of Heilongjiang as a student learning the yueqin and percussion of Ping opera accompaniment. In 1957, he was admitted to the Song and Dance Troupe of Harbin learning the erhu and also being a member of the ensemble attached to it. In 1958, the troupe changed the name to Song and Dance Theatre of Harbin. He then further studied the erhu under ZHANG Ji-rang and also studied the pipa under LI Ting-song. In 1959, he started to reform the yueqin of Beijing Opera by adding freds and strings to make it to a chromatic scale instrument. In the same year, he composed the yueqin solo piece Fisherman Song of the Songhua River together with CAO Da-cang. Later on, he composed many other yueqin pieces himself. In 1960, he became the principal of the ensemble of the theatre. In 1981, he was appointed to deputy concertmaster and took the position as concertmaster in 1984.