姚公白先生，一九四八年九月二十八日出生於故鄉浙江杭州，二ＯＯ八年中國文化部授予國家級非物質文化遺產項目古琴藝術代表性傳承人。姚先生先後畢業於雲南楚雄師範學院數學系、上海華東師範大學旅遊系，其琴學藝術得自家傳，在乃父姚丙炎先生的系統教授下成長，又受教於吳振平、張子謙先生，其琴風細膩精當，清新淡雅，數十年來操縵不輟，琴品如其人品，富有清心內養之功，漸入純淨自如之境。他以彈奏姚丙炎先生打譜之琴曲最具心得，又有自己的打譜成果，對於古琴古指法、琴曲演變、律學等亦深有研究，頗具心得。
YAO Gong-bai was born on September 28, 1948 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. In 2008, he has proclaimed as one of the representative successors of qin music of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity by Cultural Department of China. He studied the qin under his father. Later, he further studied under WU Zhen-ping and ZHANG Zi-qian. His performance is specialized in his father’s transcriptions. He also has his own transcriptions of qin music. Besides of performance, he also studies and researches on ancient fingerings, history and temperament of qin music.