胡琴演奏家马晓晖，一九六五年出生于河北唐山，自幼对音乐产生浓厚的兴趣，六岁时在其父启蒙下开始学习二胡；十三岁考入上海音乐学院附属中学，师从二胡教育家王乙教授；一九八三年，以胡琴第一名的考绩进入上海音乐学院本科；一九八七年，代表上海音乐学院参加“全国广东音乐邀请赛”，荣获一等奖；同年参加“首届海内外江南丝竹比赛”，并获奖；一九八七年，以优异的成绩毕业，随即考入上海民族乐团，为该团之二胡首席兼独奏演员；马氏的演奏风格刚柔并蓄，有大将之风，在国内外举办过二十多场独奏会和学术讲座，经常与海内外大型乐团及著名指挥合作，最近更获颁上海“宝钢杯”高雅艺术大奖。
MA Xiao-hui
MA Xiao-hui was born in 1965 in Tangshan, Hebei province. Since her childhood she has been very interested in music. At the age of six, she started to learn the erhu under her father. When she was thirteen she was admitted to the affiliated secondary school of the Shanghai Conservatory, studying under the erhu teacher Professor WANG Yi. In 1983 she was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory, having been ranked first for playing instruments of the erhu family. In 1987 she represented the Shanghai Conservatory to take part in the National Guangdong Music Competition and won the first class award. In the same year she was also awarded in the 1st Worldwide Jiangnan Music Competition. In 1987 she graduated with excellent merits and immediately joined the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra. She is now the leader of erhu and the soloist of the orchestra. Her performing style is comprehensive and flexible. She has held over 20 recitals and academic seminars inside and outside China, and frequently performs together with famous orchestras and conductor worldwide.