寧保生:
笛子演奏家宁保生，一九四三年一月出生于河北保定，二零零九年二月八日病逝于北京。宁氏祖籍河北唐县，自幼酷爱民族音乐，模拟唱片博采众长，自学成才。青少年时期因无钱买唱片，为了能听到冯子存演奏的笛子曲《放风筝》，经常不惜步行数里路程往北京西单商场，等待卖唱片的人试听。一九五七年，中学毕业，翌年，考入中华人民共和国地质部文工团，任笛子独奏演员。其间，得年长同事、东北著名笙管演奏家宋俊峰严厉训导：「别瞧你能吹这吹那，你根本就不知道这笛子应该是个啥响！」宁氏终生未忘此鞭策：「宋老师并未教过我一首笛子曲，然而他所教给我的是笛子演奏最基本、最本质的东西，一是音准，二是音乐，真使我收益非浅！奠定了我演奏生涯的坚实基础，他是我心目中的恩师。」二十世纪六十年代初，到中央音乐学院学习和声，一九六三年，调中央民族乐团任管乐声部长、笛子首席，一九八七年，被评为首批国家一级演奏员。宁氏演奏风格明快，指法灵巧多变，能准确把握不同地域、不同民族音乐的演奏风格，其独特的用舌方法，独树一帜，著称笛界。
NING Bao-sheng
NING Bao-sheng was born in January 1943 in Baoding, Hebei province and passed away of illness on February 8, 2009 in Beijing. His ancestral home was in Tang county, Hebei province. He loved music and learned it by himself since his childhood. In 1957, he graduated from the secondary school and was admitted to the Song and Dance Troupe of the Geology Department of the People’s Republic of China as a dizi performer. Since that, he has learned the essential performing art of music from his older colleague SONG Jun-feng. In early 1960s, he studied the harmony in the Central Conservatory. In 1963, He was transferred to the National Traditional Orchestra of China as the wind section head. In 1978, he was appointed as the national 1st class performer. His performing style is elegant, and the techniques are free and easy. He can play different national music style and establishes a new school of dizi music.