江苏省歌舞剧院民族乐队建立于一九五六年，多年来，乐队在长期的艺术实践中造就了一批优秀的民族器乐演奏人才，如著名二胡演奏家朱昌耀，箫、笛演奏家杨霞歧，琵琶演奏家邵荣久等，此外，一些年轻的演奏人才如：青年笛子演奏家王健、青年古筝演奏家郁虹也脱颖而出，乐队所积累的优秀保留演奏曲目：《春江花月夜》、《行街》、《紫竹调》等，以及所创作的并在全国民族器乐作品徵集评奖中获得一等奖的作品：《姑苏情》、《竹歌》等也令国内外同行所瞻目，这些曲目至今仍在国内外音乐舞台上久演不衰，并录制成唱片和磁带在国内外出版、发行。
多年的艺术生涯，使江苏省歌舞剧院民族乐队逐步形成了自己独特的演奏风格，乐队身居江南水乡，故尤其擅长演奏具有委婉，秀丽的江南音乐，同时也能演奏优美动听的广东音乐和粗犷豪放的北方音乐。江苏省歌舞剧院民族乐队经常演出于国内的许多城市，并出访过美国、日本、英国、德国、法国、瑞士、义大利、新加坡、朝鲜、香港等国家和地区，深得国内外听众的讚誉。
Music and Dance Troupe of Jiangsu Province It was founded in 1956. During the years, a lot of famous performers were trained such as Zhu Chang-yao(erhu) etc. A lot of popular works were composed such as “Moonlight on the River in Spring”, “Bamboo Flute Tune” etc. Some of their compositions had won the first prize in competitions such as the “Gu Su Qing”, “Bamboo Song”, all of them are very popular in concerts and recordings had been released.
With decades of performance experience, the troupe had formed its own features and characteristics. Because of the geographic reason, it is especially strong at performing Jiangnan music. Of course Cantonese and Northern music are also its strong points. It has been performing allover in China and had visited many countries in the world and won great applause from the audience.