琵琶、三弦演奏家、曲艺弦师白凤岩，一八九九年九月二十六日出生于北京的一个曲艺艺人家庭，一九七五年八月十七日病逝于北京。八岁从父白晓山习三弦演奏，又随义父盛连堂学单弦伴奏，十五岁时，拜韩永先为师，并向著名弦师韩永禄习三弦、琵琶。成名后，仍多方求教问艺，不仅师事“京韵鼓王”刘宝全习三弦，又向著名弦师苏启元习琵琶、霍连仲习四胡。故其亦善琵琶及四胡，三弦技艺更为精湛，有“三弦圣手”之美誉。白氏不仅创造了“凡字腔”创立京韵大鼓的“少白派”、改革了梅花大鼓旧的结构，除在京韵大鼓三弦伴奏上多所建树外，对梅花大鼓、联珠快板、单弦、时调小曲、南板马头调、靠山调等曲种也都进行过唱腔的改革与创新，并且创作了著名的大三弦独奏曲《风雨铁马》、《八音合》，改编了《变调柳青娘》、《万年欢》等乐曲，创作琵琶独奏曲《花鼓琴声》、《剑阁闻铃》，改编了《新八板》等乐曲，这些乐曲，在指法上及技巧上，都有革新与创造，后弃艺行医近十年，新中国成立后重返艺坛，一九五四年参加中央广播文工团说唱团，任艺术指导。
BAI Feng-yan
On September 26, 1899, BAI Feng-yan was born in Beijing. When he was eight years old, he learned sanxian from his father BAI Xiao-shan and learned sanxian and pipa from HAN Yong-lu. After becomes famous, he still sought for famous expert for learning yangqin and sihu. Bai not only created new style of Beijing dagu, he also reformed the old structure. He has composed many famous sanxian pieces and arranged many traditional pieces. On August 17, 1975, Bai died of illness in Beijing.