笙演奏家胡天泉，一九三四年七月二十七日出生于山西省忻县奇村镇一户民间艺人世家。其父胡宝隆是闻名四乡的鼓吹高手，胡氏幼时即随其父学笙、管、唢呐。一九五三年，入伍参加公安军文工团，一九五七年，随中国青年艺术团赴莫斯科参加第六届世界青年联欢节，演奏《凤凰展翅》荣获金质奖章，一九五八年，调济南前卫歌舞团，任独奏演员兼教员，半世纪以来，胡氏对笙的演奏、改革和创作均有诸多建树。一九五六年，与董洪德合作，创作了近现代第一首笙独奏曲《凤凰展翅》，又创编了《芦笙舞曲》、《白鸽飞翔》等数十首笙曲，并研制出多种形制的系列笙，创制巴乌笙；又将笙的音域扩大到三个八度以上，在中间一个半八度的音区，装上了全部半音。在笙的演奏技术上，胡氏亦创造发展了十几种新技巧。胡氏在国内外及军内获奖无数，现为该团艺术指导。
HU Tian-quan
HU Tian-quan was born on July 27, 1934 in Xin county, Shanxi province. His father HU Bao-long was a well-known musician and HU Tian-quan learned the sheng, guanzi and suona from him since his childhood. In 1953, he joined the Song and Dance Troupe of Beijing Public Security Army. In 1957, he was selected to participate in the 6th World Youth Festival and awarded a gold medal by playing a sheng solo piece Phoenix Spreading Wings. In 1958, he was transferred to the Progress Chinese Orchestra, Jinan as a soloist. During the past fifty years, he has many achievements on sheng performance and reformation. In 1956, he composed together with DONG Hong-de the first sheng solo piece Phoenix Spreading Wings and many other pieces like Lusheng Dance, Pigeon Soaring. He also developed a series of sheng and invented the Ba-u sheng. He widen the range of sheng to more than 3 octaves in between there has one and a halve octave can play semitones. His research brings out many new techniques. His performance wins him many awards. He is the arts director of the Progress Chinese Orchestra, Jinan.