王惠然;
柳琴、琵琶演奏家、作曲家、指挥家王惠然，一九三六年十二月十日生于上海，原籍浙江镇海。十三岁开始自学琵琶、月琴等弹絃乐器及苏州弹词。一九五三年，他不顾家庭反对，高中未毕业即辍学，先后入上海春江、群立、文华越剧团及山东单县越剧团任职。一九五六年四月，入北京公安军文工团，师从李廷松习琵琶。一九五八年七月，调济南军区前卫歌舞团民族乐团，历任独奏演员、弹拨乐声部长、首席、教员、艺术指导、指挥等职。一九九七年，任珠海女子室内中乐团艺术总监、指挥。王氏为一级作曲、中国民族管弦乐学会常务理事、中国柳琴学会会长、作曲及指挥专业委员会常务理事。一九七五年，因手疾而放弃演奏生涯，转投作曲与指挥。王氏的学生遍及中国二十多个省市，港澳台地区，以及美国、新加坡等地，培养出王红艺、花晓荣（均为一级演奏员）徐仕瑛（高雄）林静慧（台北）等一批高级人才。曾多次出任全国和国际比赛评委。
WANG Hui-ran
WANG Hui-ran is a famous composer, conductor, instrumentalist and instrument reformer. He was born in Shanghai on December 10, 1936. Since his childhood, he has been very interest in traditional music. At the age of 13, he started to learn the pipa and yueqin by himself. He has taken part in various traditional musical activities including Chinese operas and ensembles, in which his solid foundation of traditional music was laid. He was admitted into the Beijing Military Orchestra as a pipa soloist in 1956. The orchestra was very enthusiastic in training him, and employed Professor LI Ting-song to teach him the pipa for half a year. In 1957, he took part in the 6th Global Youth Festival in Moscow and was well received. In 1958, he joined the Jinan Progressive Dance Company. Since the 60’s, WANG Hui-ran started composing outstanding works for the audience to match the achievements in his instrument reformation of Liuqin.