张先生原名张益昌，江苏扬州人。一八九九年八月二十九日出生于江苏仪征，一九九一年一月十五日病逝于天津。七岁开始受业于广陵派琴家孙绍陶，勤学不辍，琴艺日进；一九三○年代，移居上海浦东，因与修水查阜西、庐陵彭祉卿游，被琴界称为“浦东三杰”，并发起组织“今虞琴社”，又曾任社职。新中国成立后，任上海民族乐团独奏演员，从事专业演奏，后兼任上海音乐学院教席；曾与查阜西、沉草农合编《古琴初阶》一书，为琴学的入门指导性刊物。其演奏风格刚健遒劲，节奏自由，音色多变，擅奏广陵派名曲《龙翔操》，因而琴坛上雅称其为“张龙翔”。
ZHANG Zi-qian
ZHANG Zi-qian was born on August 29,1899 in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province and passed away on January 15, 1991 in Tianjin. His first name was Yi-chang and his ancestral home was Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. When he was seven years old, he learned the qin from SUN Shao-tao of the Guangling school. In 1930’s, he migrated to Pudong of Shanghai and made friends in qin with ZHA Fu-xi and PENG Zhi-qing. They were then been called the “Three Outstanding Qin Performers of Pudong”. He initiated to organize the Jinyu Qin Musicians Association and took duty in the association. In 1950’s, he started his profession in the Shanghai Tradional Orchestra as the qin soloist. He also taught qin performance in the Shanghai Conservatory. His performing of Long Xiang Cao won him a fame of “ZHANG Longxiang”.