郭雪君
郭雪君，古箏演奏家、教育家。廣東潮陽人，1942年生於上海，12歲師承潮州箏派名家郭鷹先生，後又師承浙江箏派名家王巽之先生，並先後受到曹正、蕭韻閣、林毛根、許守誠等古箏名家的指教，1965年以優異成績畢業於上海音樂學院，即任上海民族樂團古箏獨奏演員。郭雪君是一位有著多年舞臺經驗和教學經驗的潮籍古箏演奏家，在學習各地傳統箏派的基礎上，刻意求新，並形成了自己細膩、含蓄的演奏風格，給人以回味，她的古箏演奏，基本功劄實，富於抒情。發表的論文有「同源異支、爭奇鬥豔，…淺談古箏流派」、「典雅、柔麗、精彩紛呈…介紹浙江箏派的藝術特色」等。著述有《古箏考級曲集》(分為上、下兩冊)和《古箏考級練習曲》（上海音樂學院校外音樂考級系列）等。郭雪君現為上海音樂學院教授、上海古箏協會會長。
黃建偉 (WONG Kin-wai)
香港土生土長之胡琴、古箏演奏家，幼時自學胡琴，十八歲考入香港中樂團，接受專業訓練，後隨二胡大師黃安源深造，更得國內名家王國潼、李秀琪、饒寧新、余其偉及指揮家閻惠昌、陳燮陽指點，黃氏曾數度受邀到台灣巡迴演出，及被日本東京藝術大學邀往日本舉行示範講座及獨奏，亦曾隨香港中樂團往新加坡、北京、台灣、澳門及澳洲雪梨歌劇院演出，經常接受電視台及電台訪問及示範。黃氏除精於胡琴外、亦擅古箏、柳琴、中阮、揚琴等樂器。除教學外，亦指揮多個音樂團體，更為香港民族樂團創辦人。一九八五年，應敫往澳門開設訓練班，推動澳門之中樂發展，一九八七年，受聘為澳門文化司署屬下澳門中樂團之音樂總監兼指揮。一九八八年十二月，帶領澳門中樂團赴葡萄牙及波爾圖演出，一九八八及八九年度，受邀參加第一、第二屆台北傳統藝術節任客席獨奏家，並與台北市立國樂團合作演出，一九八九年六月，應邀在北京「中國樂器國際比賽」中任評委。 WONG Kin-wai WONG Kin-wai started his musical career playing the erhu in Hong Kong where he grew up, although he is now better known as a player of huqin and zheng. He joined the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in 1978, going on to study with the famous teacher WONG On-yuen as well as receiving lessons from famous musicians in China. He has toured Taiwan on several occasions and given classes and recitals in Japan. While he was a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, he visited Singapore, Beijing, Taiwan, Macau and Australia. He has given frequent interviews on television and radio. He is a multi-face
夏莲居
夏蓮居先生，名繼泉，字溥齋，號渠園，在日本時曾用名夏泉，歸國後改名蓮居，取號一翁，山東省鄆城縣人，一八八四年三月二十日生於新疆於闐，晚年寓居北京，一九六五年十二月十四日夜間唸佛聲中安祥西逝於北京，享年八十二歲。清末入仕直隸知州，辛亥革命時公推為山東省各界聯合會會長，一九一八年當選國會議員，並任齊魯金石書畫館監督，一九二五年被張宗昌迫逃日本，兩年後返國臥病津沽，一九三二年遷居北平，以研究佛學為主。其一生除治學外，金石書畫、文物考古，均亦擅長，且收藏宏富，鑒定頗精。一九六二年八十歲時，為表愛國之心，將一生撙衣節食所收藏之歷史珍貴文物三百餘件，分別捐獻給故宮博物院及山東博物館等國家機構。 XIA Lian-ju was born on March 20, 1884 in Yutian, Xinjiang and passed away at the age of 82 on December 14, 1965 in Beijing. His ancestral home was in City Yun, Shandong Province. Mr. Xia was named Ji-quan, aliases Pu-zhai and Qu-yuan. In 1925, he went to Japan and used the name XIA Quan. After two years, he came back to China and changed the name to XIA Lian-ju and lived in Beijing since 1932. In 1911, he was the chairman of the United Associations of Shandong. In 1918, he was the supervisor of the Institute of Chinese Printing and Calligraphy of Shandong. He was fond of collecting antiques. In 1962, he donated all his collections to the National Museum and Shandong Museum.
任潔 (REN Jie)
任潔，古箏演奏家、古箏碩士，先後獲得文化部頒發的政府最高獎「文華藝術院校獎」金獎和中國音樂最高獎「金鐘獎」金獎，成為中國第一位「文華、金鐘雙料冠軍」，被媒體稱為「中國古箏含金量最高的雙料冠軍」。在朝鮮國際藝術節榮獲個人演奏「國際金獎」，這也是該藝術節舉辦二十四屆以來，首次由中國藝術家獲得的器樂組金獎。由此，任潔成為國內首位集中國政府最高獎、音樂最高獎和國際金獎於一身的傑出青年演奏家。她還以最高票當選為南京「十大傑出青年」，被媒體稱為「影響中國的超級八十年代」代表。一九九○年代以來，受到著名作曲家王建民、莊曜老師的信任，首彈首演了《箜篌引》、《西域隨想》、《楓橋夜泊》等箏樂作品，均在全國乃至世界範圍廣為流傳，她的演繹也成為此類作品的專業範本，在古箏界享有很高讚譽。 REN Jie REN Jie is the best young zheng player in China who won the champions of the two national top music competitions the “WenHua Art College Prize”, which is the highest government prize awarded by the Ministry of Culture and the “Gold Bell Prize”, which is the highest Chinese music prize. She was the first one to achieve this double champions. Also, she won the champion of the “International Gold Prize” of solo in the International Art Festival of North Korea. She had been the first Chinese artist to win this prize in the past 24 years. Then, she was the first best young artist who won the highest government prize, the highest Chinese music prize and
毓鄰初 (YU Lin-chu)
毓鄰初先生，滿州愛新族，覺羅氏人，名毓峑，字鄰初，以字行，清宗室後人，溥雪齋先生之長子，一九二四年（農曆甲子年八月十八日）出生於北京，一九九九年卒於廣東旅途中，曾肄業於輔仁大學數學系，任北京師專數學教師，賦有音樂天才，擅長古琴操縵，公餘期間，聽其父彈琴，隨即上手，不僅彈奏傳統古曲，且將《解放軍進行曲》移植於古琴上演奏。為北京古琴會會員。 YU Lin-chu was born in 1924 in Beijing and passed away at the journey to Guangdong in 1999. He was the elder son of PU Xue-zhai and his first name was Quan. He was the ancester to the Aisin Gioro of the Royal Family of Qing Dynasty. He has been the teacher of the Beijing Teacher Training School. His qin performance was learning from listening to his father’s performance.
袁莎 (YUAN Sha)
袁莎未滿六歲就正規學習古箏，師從劉媌老師。十歲以優異成績考入中國最高音樂學府北京中央音樂學院的附屬音樂小學，一九九○年，作為該音樂小學的「優秀畢業生」被保送進入中央音樂學院附屬音樂中學，一九九六年，畢業後又被保送進入中央音樂學院民樂系，一九九九年，因成績突出，被中央音樂學院免試成為該院的碩士研究生。袁莎自中央音樂學院音樂小學至中央音樂學院碩士研究生的十餘年間，師從古箏名師李萌教授，成為該院的古箏「尖子」學生，曾連續被評為該院的北京市的「全優三好學生」和連續獲得多項中國和外國頒發授予的獎學金。二○○一年十一月，她在「第一屆‘龍音杯’中國民族樂器—古箏國際比賽」中奪得金牌，並於二○○二年八月在中國文化部舉辦的「全國青少年藝術大賽—第一屆中國民族樂器獨奏比賽」中再次以極大的優勢榮獲青年專業組第一名，袁莎已成為當今傑出的新一代表演精英。 YUAN Sha YUAN Sha began to receive the formal zheng train from LIU Miao since she was six. At the age of ten, she was admitted to the affiliated elementary school of the Central Conservatory. In 1990, she was admitted to the affiliated middle school of the conservatory as an excellent graduate and in the same way further her study in the university. In 1999, she was recommended without examination as a post-graduate in the conservatory. Since she has been admitted to the conservatory from elementary to university, she studied the zheng diligently under Professor LI Meng. She was an outstanding student and had gained many
王中山 (WANG Zhong-shan)
青年古箏演奏家，河南南陽（蒙古族）人，自幼習箏，曾得到十多位民間箏家的指導，有深厚的河南箏曲基礎。一九八一年，考入南陽藝術學校，隨著名箏家趙曼琴先生學習，一九八六年，他以其全新的高難度技法首演了《打虎上山》以及《井崗山上太陽紅》等箏曲，轟動了中國首屆古箏學術交流會，受到海內外同仁注目。其後考入中國音樂學院，師從著名箏教育家李婉芬教授，一九八九年，參加「ART」杯中國樂器國際比賽，在青年專業組決賽中獲獎，一九九五年「國際中國民族器樂獨奏大賽」，王中山以其精湛的技藝獲得了古箏項目的第一名。王中山現為中國音樂學院古箏教師，在古箏演奏技法上他有許多新的創意，如開拓性地運用了左右手輪指、彈輪等技巧，豐富了箏的表現力。 WANG Zhong-shan WANG Zhong-shan is of Mongolian descent, but was born in Henan province. He started to study the zheng in his childhood, and has received the guidance of a dozen of zheng players. He is deeply rooted in the Henan School of zheng playing. In 1981, he entered Nanyang Art School, studying under the zheng player ZHAO Man-qin. In 1986 he played the premieres of Defeating the Tiger on the Mountain and Red Sun over Jinggang Mountain with newly invented difficult techniques, and attracted the attention of many. Afterwards, he entered the China Conservatory, studying under the zheng player LI
馬壽洛 (MA Shou-luo)
馬壽洛先生，又名馬祝眉，浙江省溫州人，一八六四年出生，家居浙江溫州麻行關帝廟旁澹園。馬先生琴學出於二百多年的家傳，他的曾祖父在北京向一位山東人學得琴曲四操，盡得其奧，返溫州後傳給學生徐茞生，馬老的隔代孫馬元熙，再從徐茞生處得回家傳之學，又向廣東遊方到溫州的孤峰和尚增益琴藝，並手輯《友石山房琴譜》，馬家琴學藝術至此達至高峰。馬壽洛先生的琴藝是由其父馬元熙嫡傳的，馬先生在本集所收曲操的錄音，年事已屆九十二高齡，音節不亂，洵為可貴。 MA Shou-luo was born in 1864. His other name was MA Zhu-mei and his ancestral home was in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. He had a more than two hundred years ancestered qin inheritance. His grand-grandfather learned the qin under a Shandong qin player at Beijing and after coming home he taught it to XU Chai-sheng. MA Shou-luo’s father MA Yuan-xi learned it back from XU Chai-sheng and passed it down to MA Shou-luo. The recordings of MA Shou-luo in this album are valuable that he recorded them in the age of 92.
李萌 (LI Meng)
古箏演奏家、教育家李萌，一九五九年出生於廣西南寧市，父為著名男低音歌唱家李志曙。一九七一年，李氏入廣西壯族自治區雜技團樂隊任小提琴與二胡演奏。一九七六年開始習箏，一九七七年考入北京中央音樂學院民族音樂系，先後師從李婉芬、曹正、項斯華、張燕等，一九八二年畢業留校任教，一九八四年，就讀該系古箏表演藝術專業研究生。自一九八○年以後，李氏曾多次往粵、閩、陝、豫、浙、蒙等地採集前輩所奏箏樂，一九九五年一月，出版由其所編之《潮州箏曲選》，內收有肖韻閣、鄭源、林毛根、楊秀明、郭鷹五位潮州箏家演奏之箏譜《日月交》、《倒瑞蓮》等六十二首。 LI Meng LI Meng was born in 1959 in Nanning, Guangxi province. Her father was a renownd singer LI Zhi-shu. In 1971, she jointed the Acrobatic Troupe of Guangxi as a member of its orchestra in performing of violin and erhu. In 1976, she was admitted to the Central Conservatory learning under LI Wan-fen, CAO Zheng, HON See-wah and ZHANG Yan. In 1982, she graduated from the conservatory and became a teacher there. In 1984, she further studied the zheng as a graduate student. Since 1980’s, she has visited Guangdong, Fujian, Shaanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia to collect the zheng pieces performed by the senior musicians. In January 1995, her book Zheng Pieces
樂瑛 (YUE Ying)
樂瑛女士，北京人氏，生於清廷鼎革之際（一九一一年，另說一九Ｏ四年），約於一九六Ｏ年代初逝世，是近代為數不多的女琴家之一。自幼，在京城開設有著名“樂家老藥店–同仁堂”的父親督教下，受到傳統文化的嚴格教育，少年時由其父延請京城著名琴家黃勉之的學生賈闊峰到家內授琴，盡得賈氏真傳，尤擅操奏《滄海龍吟》、《岳陽三醉》、《韋編三絕》等曲。樂氏琴風，指力蒼勁，按音堅實，吟猱得法，節奏靈巧，富於韻味，縱有成就，惜無傳人。在近現代北京琴壇上的影響，與管平湖齊名，分別為男女琴家的代表。新中國成立後，參加北京市業餘古琴研究會，與同好一起眾樂樂。 YUE Ying was born in 1911 (another saying, 1904) in Beijing and passed away around 1960 in Beijing. Since her childhood, she received Chines traditional education under her father who set up and ran the Beijing Tong Ren Tang Medicine Company. When she was young, she learned the qin under the famous master HUANG Mian-zhi’s student JIE Kuo-feng. She was skillful at playing the Crying of the Dragon in Deep Blue Sea, Soaring at the Lake Dongting, Hard Study of Confucius, etc. She was one of the few female qin players in the old days and was equally famous to the male qin player GUAN Ping-hu.