王鐵錘:
笛子演奏家王铁锤，一九三二年六月十一日出生于河北省定县子位村，定县为吹歌音乐之乡，王氏七岁即向其父与吹歌会艺人习奏管及笛，后向民间管乐演奏家杨元亨习艺。一九四七年，王氏入华北联合大学文艺学院音乐系就读，后在该校文工团任职。一九四九年，王氏在北京第一届全国文代会上演奏河北吹歌《放驴》后，即随中国青年文工团赴匈牙利演出，其后参加了第二届至第五届的世界青年联欢节，在第五届的民间管乐四重奏与笛子独奏，分别获二等及三等奖。一九六○年，加入中央民族乐团，后被评为国家一级独奏演员，王氏创作有笛子曲《庆丰收》、《草原牧歌》、《赶路》、《油田的早晨》及《黄河边的故事》等。
WANG Tie-chui
WANG Tie-chui was born on June 11, 1932 in Ding county, Hebei province whose native-land was famous of wind art. When he was seven years old, he started to learn the dizi and guanzi under his father and the native artists. Later on, he further studied them under the renowned musician YANG Yuan-heng. In 1947, he was admitted to the music department of the literary faculty of North China United University and then joined their performing group. In 1949, he was selected to participate in the performance of the 1st National Cultural Representatives Conference and then went along with the representatives to perform in Hungary. Later on, he was selected to participate in the 2nd to 5th World Youth Festivals and got many awards. In 1960, he was appointed to the National Traditional Orchestra of China and was appointed as the national 1st class performer. His dizi compositions including Celebration of the Harvest, Herd Song of the Prairie, On the Way to the Market, Morning in the Oil Well, Story along the Yellow River, etc.