鄭思森 CHENG Si-sum （1943年2月3日 ～ 1986年1月9日）
鄭思森，作曲家、指揮家、教育家。曾任教於香港新亞書院、任新加坡人民劇場華樂團（今新加坡華樂團）指揮、帶領台灣第一商標國樂團、任教於台灣藝術專科學校、台灣中國文化大學、台灣師範大學國樂社導師。1943年2月3日（農曆12月29日），出生於廣東省潮陽縣汕頭市，家中排行第十三，是第四個兒子；11歲開始攻習琵琶，並於14歲奪下琵琶演奏一等獎，保送廣東省汕頭市藝術專科學校，鑽研理論作曲及指揮；19歲移居香港。1963年，應香港榮華影業公司、國泰電懋公司任專屬作曲，同時任教於香港新亞書院；1965年，受聘至新加坡，創辦新加坡人民劇場藝術團華樂團、青年華樂團、少年華樂團，並出任三團的首任指揮；1972年，移居台灣，致力民族樂曲的創作及推廣；1978及1983年赴香港指揮演出，佳評如潮。期間，曾先後任教於台灣藝術專科學校、台灣中國文化大學等多所大專院校，對培植民族音樂的生力軍不遺餘力，並曾任第一商標國樂團、中華國樂團、中廣國樂團指揮，演出不下百場。在繁忙的教課及指揮之餘仍傾全力於創作，其作品包括大型合奏曲：歲寒三友組曲《松》、《竹》、《梅》，《江波舞影》、《畫眉跳架》、《雙獅戲球》、《大地回春》；雙胡競奏曲《路》、柳琴協奏曲《小河淌水》、琵琶協奏曲《玉露珠》；大型舞劇《文姬歸漢》、《七夕雨》、《后羿與嫦娥》……等等。1985年，在完成舞劇《后羿與嫦娥》之後，終因心力交瘁而病倒，住院期間飽受病痛折騰，終究不敵病魔，1986年元月9日，因肺癌病與世長辭於台北。
CHENG Si-sum (February 3, 1943 – January 9, 1986) was a composer, conductor, and educator. He taught at Hong Kong New Asia College and served as the conductor of the Singapore People’s Theatre Chinese Orchestra (now known as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra). He also led the Taiwan’s First Commercial Brand Chinese Orchestra and taught at Taiwan Art College, Chinese Culture University, and National Taiwan Normal University’s Chinese Orchestra Society. CHENG Si-sum was born on February 3, 1943 (the 29th day of the 12th lunar month) in Shantou, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, China. He was the thirteenth child and the fourth son in his family. At the age of 11, he started learning the pipa and won the first prize in pipa performance at the age of 14. He was then admitted to the Arts College in Shantou, Guangdong Province, where he studied music theory, composition and conducting. At the age of 19, he moved to Hong Kong. In 1963, he worked as an exclusive composer for the Hong Kong Wing Wah Film Company and Guotai Film Company while teaching at Hong Kong New Asia College. In 1965, he was invited to Singapore, where he founded the Singapore People’s Theatre Art Group Chinese Orchestra, the Youth Chinese Orchestra and the Junior Chinese Orchestra, and became their first conductor. In 1972, he moved to Taiwan and devoted himself to the creation and promotion of Chinese traditional music. In 1978 and 1983, he returned to Hong Kong to conduct performances, receiving widespread acclaim. During this time, he taught at various colleges and universities in Taiwan, including Taiwan Art College and Chinese Culture University. He was a dedicated advocate for cultivating traditional music and served as the conductor for the First Commercial Brand Chinese Orchestra, Chinese Orchestra of Central Broadcasting Corporation, and Chinese Orchestra of Chinese Television System, performing in numerous concerts. Despite his busy schedule of teaching and conducting, he put great effort into composition. His works include large ensemble pieces such as “The Three Friends of Winter: Pine, Bamboo, Plum”, “Dancing Waves”, “Painted Brow Jumps on the Stage”, “Lion Dance with Ball”, and “The Earth Rejuvenates”. He also composed concertos for erhu, liuqin, and pipa, as well as large-scale dance dramas like “Wen Ji Returns to Han”, “Rain on the Double Seventh Festival”, and “Hou Yi and Chang’e”. In 1985, after completing the dance drama “Hou Yi and Chang’e”, he fell ill due to exhaustion. During his hospitalization, he suffered from severe pain but ultimately succumbed to lung cancer on January 9, 1986, in Taipei.