蔣風之，一九○八年四月二十七日出生於江蘇宜興縣後留墅村一清貧農家，一九八六年一月二十六日病逝於北京和平里寓所。初名春根，入小學時改名風之。蔣氏少時曾向農民絲竹樂手王老四習笛，後從堂兄習二胡。一九二四年，蔣氏為學校同樂會二胡手，翌年認識儲師竹，並獲贈劉天華的《病中吟》譜。一九二七年，蔣氏考入田漢主辦的私立上海藝術大學，三個月後入學費較低之國立上海音樂院，隨朱荇青主修琵琶，副修鋼琴。一九二九年秋，學校易名國立上海音樂專科學校，因積極反對校方加收假期宿雜費學潮而被取消學籍。後蔣氏離開上海，赴北平報讀北平大學藝術學院音樂系，隨劉天華主修小提琴與二胡、副修琵琶，師生情誼甚篤。一九三一年九月，經劉推介，蔣氏受聘於北平大學女子文理學院、京華美術專科學校音樂系兼任教師。一九三三年，畢業後在北平師範大學、北平藝術專科學校、天津河北女子師範學院音樂系任教。一九四九年後，蔣氏先後在中央音樂學院、天津河北師範學院、北京藝術師範學院及中國音樂學院任教。蔣氏演奏的古曲《漢宮秋月》等，弓法、指法及音腔、節奏處理別具風韻，自成一格，人稱「蔣派」。
JIANG Feng-zhi
JIANG Feng-zhi was born on April 27,1908 in Yixing, Jiangsu province and passed away of illness on January 26, 1986 in Beijing. His first name was Chun-gen. He learned the dizi from a farmer and the erhu from his brother since his childhood. In 1924, he was an erhu member of his school orchestra. In 1923, he got the erhu music Sigh of Ailment by LIU Tian-hua from his friend CHU Shi-zhu as a gift. In 1927, he was admitted to Tian Han’s Shanghai Art University, later changed to the National Shanghai Music Training School learning the pipa under ZHU Ying. In the objection to the school’s collection of extra miscellaneous expenses fees on the vacation period, his registration was canceled. He then left Shanghai to Beijing to learn the erhu and pipa from LIU Tian-hua. In 1931, he was introduced by LIU Tian-hua to teach music in Beijing’s high-level educational unit. After 1949, he was appointed by the Central Conservatory, the China Conservatory, etc. His performing style, rhythm and fingering became standard and people called it the “Jiang school”.