许讲德，一九三八年十月出生于北京，原籍浙江省海宁县。一九五○年，参加中国人民志愿军文工团，同年随军赴朝鲜作文艺宣传工作。一九五三年返国后，调中国人民解放军华北军区战友歌舞团，从事专业二胡演奏。一九六一年，许氏参加全军“三独”（独唱、独奏、独舞）会演，首演晨耕、唐诃所作《子弟兵与老百姓》、《欢乐的竞赛》，得听众普遍欢迎。一九六四年，参加第三届全军汇演，首演王竹林作《金珠玛米赞》、《家乡小曲》，获优秀表演奖。一九七四年，奉调至文化部属下之“录音、录影小组”，参加有计划之器乐人声化演奏实验，以二胡模拟演奏京剧名家唱腔，获得成功。一九八一年，北京二胡研究会成立，许氏被选为常务理事。
XU Jiang-de
XU Jiang-de was born in October 1938 in Beijing, Hebei province and her ancestral home was in Haining, Zhejiang province. In 1950, she joined the Song and Dance Troupe of the Chinese Volunteers Army and went to North Korea to proclaim their cultural work. In 1953, she came back to China and was transferred to the Song and Dance Troupe of the Military Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army as professional erhu performer. In 1961, she was selected to participate in the Recital, Solo and Single Dance Show of the entire armed forces joint performance. She has premiered Chen-geng and TANG He’s new works The Soldier and the Common People and The Happy Competition. In 1964, she was selected to premiere WANG Zhu-lin’s Ode to the Liberation Army and A Hometown Melody in the 3rd Joint Performances of the Entire Armed Forces and awarded the outstanding performance prize. In 1974, she was appointed by the Ministry of Culture to join the Sound and Video Recording Group to research for the imitation of Beijing Operatic Songs by instrumental music. In 1981, she was the routine committee of the newly set up Beijing Erhu Research Association.