馬聖龍:
琵琶演奏家、指挥家马圣龙，一九三四年出生于上海一工人家庭，二○○三年病逝于上海。自幼在父亲影响下学习江南丝竹。一九五○年，随瞿东森习琵琶演奏。一九五一年，在上海杨浦区的丝竹活动中认识了陆春龄、周惠、周皓等人，常与之合乐而成为“清客串”，四人之“老搭档”，今已被誉为江南丝竹“四大名宿”。一九五二年十月，马氏等四人同入上海民族乐团，并任琵琶首席。一九五九年，兼任上海音乐学院琵琶教师，一九六○年，任上海民族乐团学馆琵琶教师，一九七八年起，任该团专职指挥多年。早于一九五八年，其处女作，著名的琵琶曲《欢乐的日子》面世，次年又与顾冠仁合作，创作民族管弦乐作品《东海渔歌》，至今仍为海内外中乐团体常演奏之曲目。
MA Sheng-long
In 1934, pipa performer, conductor, Ma Sheng-long was born in a Shanghai-worker’s family. In 1950, he learned the pipa from JU Dong-sen. In 1951, He played music together with LU Chun-ling, ZHOU Hui and ZHOU Hao. Later on they often gathered together and to be treated as “Four Famous Elders”. In October, 1952, MA and his three friends joined the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra and he became the pipa principal of the orchestra. In 1959, he was the pipa teacher of the Shanghai Conservatory. In 1960, he was the pipa teacher of the learning center of Shanghai Traditional Orchestra. In 1958, He composed his maiden work, the famous pipa piece Happy Day. On the next year, he composed together with GU Guan-ren, a famous orchestral work Fishermen’s song on Eastern Sea. Until now, this piece is still be performed by many orchestra. In 2003, MA Sheng-long died of illness in Shanghai.