林石城 (LIN Shi-cheng)
林石城: 琵琶演奏家、教育家林石城，一九二二年出生，二○○五年病逝於北京，上海南匯人。十三至十五歲時，父親教會他演奏二胡、三弦、琵琶等多種民族樂器。十九歲畢業於上海中國醫學院，工作期間仍醉心於樂器演奏，尤其是琵琶，並拜浦東派琵琶大師沈浩初為師，技藝逐漸成熟。被邀任上海浦東電氣公司國樂隊、永泰公司樂隊、廣慈醫院民樂隊、上海第一醫學院學生會民樂隊為教師；上海春秋集團樂社音樂指導；上海國樂研究會及建聲國樂社顧問等。一九五六年，任教中央音樂學院，為民樂系教授。長期以來，他還和中央音樂學院、北京民族樂器廠、上海民族樂器廠的琵琶製作師傅合作，對舊有的琵琶的背料長度、音箱形態、橫檔位置、面板厚薄、複手材料及金屬弦的鑒定等，進行了多方面的改革，取得了明顯的效果。從教五十年，培養了劉德海、葉緒然、吳俊生、李光祖、潘亞伯等一大批當今琵琶界的中堅力量，成為我國現、當代琵琶界承上啟下的代表人物，獲中國音樂「金鐘獎終身榮譽勳章」。 LIN Shi-cheng LIN Shi-cheng was born in 1922 in Shanghai Nanhui. Under his father’s direction, he learned to play erhu, samxian and pipa at 13 to 15 years old. When he was 19 years old, he graduated from the Shanghai China Medical College. He was still interested in playing musical instruments. He then learned the pipa under the direction of master SHEN Hao-chu of the Pudong School. Many ensembles in Shanghai employed him as instructor in traditional music training. In 1956, he was a professor of the Central Conservatory, which started him for pipa teaching profession. He also
龔一 (GONG Yi)
龔一先生一九四一年出生於江蘇省南京市，十五歲登台演奏古琴，獲查阜西先生好評，報譽為「小古琴家」。一九五七年考入上海音樂學院附中，開始接受學院式專業訓練至一九六六年大學本科畢業，期間又先後師從張正吟、夏一峰、劉少椿、王生香、趙雲青、張子謙、顧梅羹、劉景韶等十二位古琴家，涉獵五個琴派，廣泛地掌握了各派的風格及曲目。畢業後，致力以古琴介紹中國古代優秀的音樂文化，除演奏、教學外，還從事古代琴曲的發掘整理及新曲的創作，為古琴的普及做出了一定的成績。 GONG Yi GONG Yi was born in 1941 in Nanjing, Jiangsu. He made his debut at the age of 15 and was highly praised by CHA Fu-xi, a famous qin player, who called him “the little qin expert”. In 1957, he entered the Affiliated Middle School of Shanghai Conservatory. There he exclusively studied the qin for nine years and achieved a high standard of musicianship. In 1966, he graduated at the Shanghai Conservatory and studied under 12 teachers from 5 schools of qin music, including ZHANG Zheng-in, XIA Yi-feng, LIU Shao-chun, WANG Sheng-xiang, ZHAO Yun-qing, ZHANG Zhi-qian, GU Mei-geng and LIU Jing-shao. In that period GONG Yi studied the performing styles of the various schools and extended his repertoire. Over the years, he has be
梅曰強 (MEI Yue-qiang)
梅先生字南移，祖籍江西湖口。一九二九年出生於江蘇南京，二○○三年八月二十九日病逝於南京。一九四三年拜在汪建侯門下習琴藝，一九五二年又拜南京琴家夏一峰、趙雲青、胥桐華、劉少椿等為師，精研廣陵琴藝，兼收各派之長而融匯於一身，主張音正韻和而不囿於流派。退休後遷居揚州，任揚州師範學校課外老師，又設琴館，以振興廣陵琴藝為旨。一九九一年中國藝術研究院音樂研究所為其錄製了二十八首琴曲，以作琴樂資料保存。 MEI Yue-qiang MEI Yue-qiang was born in 1929 in Nanjing, Jiangsu province and passed away of illness on August 29, 2003 in Nanjing. His first name was Nan-yi and his ancestral home was in Hukow, Jiangxi province. In 1943, he started to learn the qin from WANG Jian-hou. Later on, he further studied it under the master XIA Yi-feng, ZHAO Yun-qing, XU Tong-hua and LIU Shao-chun in Nanjing. He received the skills from his teachers of various schools, but he aimed on Guang Ling School much more. After the retirement, he moved to Yangzhou and settled there. He was then teaching students on qin music overthere. In 1991, he was invited by the Music Institute of Chinese Academy of Arts to record down his 28 pieces of qin music recordings for preservat
孫裕德 (SUN Yu-de)
孫裕德: 國樂演奏家孫裕德，一九○四年十一月二十三日出生於一個工人家庭，一九八一年十一月二十八日病逝於上海。孫氏祖籍原江蘇寶山縣月浦新興鎮（今劃歸上海市）。一九一七年，孫氏在上海城隍廟九曲橋畔，為一賣簫老人的簫聲所感動，買下簫笛各一支自學，從此與音樂結下不解之緣，後又購舊琵琶一把，得旁人指點入門。一九二○年，經同學介紹，參加南市國樂研究社，始向研究社導師金忠信習簫，向許仙習琵琶，並學江南絲竹八大曲的演奏。一九二四年，孫氏經友人李振家介紹，向名師汪昱庭學大套琵琶曲，無論寒暑，刻苦練習，令琴弦勒傷手指，琵琶面板經常留下斑斑血跡，技藝日趨成熟。一九三八年八月，與衛仲樂等參加「中國文化劇團」往美國演出，一九三九年，返國後任上海友聲旅行團國樂組導師，其後該會改組易名「上海國樂研究會」，孫氏成為首任會長。一九五一年「上海國樂聯誼會」成立，衛仲樂為主任委員，孫氏與陳日英、金祖禮為副主任委員。一九五七年，上海民族樂團成立，孫氏任第一任副團長，成為專業音樂工作者。 SUN Yu-de On November 23, 1904, national music performer SUN Yu-de was born in a worker-family, His ancestral home was in Jiangsu. In 1917, he bought a xiao from an old man and studied independently. Latter on he bought an old pipa and learned from some others. In1920, introduced by a schoolmate , he joined an ensemble and began to learn the xiao from JIN Zhong-xin, the pipa from XU Xian also with the Jiangnan music. In 1924, he learned the pipa from the famous teacher WANG
姚丙炎 (YAO Bing-yan)
姚先生原名濟良，一九二一年一月十日生於浙江杭州，在癌症病魔的苦纏下，終於一九八三年三月十八日，結束了他六十二年的短暫人生。自幼受庭訓薰陶，熱愛絲竹之樂，青年時代因聽二弟習彈汪建侯所授《陽關三疊》及《石上流泉》二曲，遂受啟蒙，自行摸索按彈，興趣益增。一九四七年姚丙炎以熱誠求學之態，拜浙派著名琴家徐元白先生門下，獲益之深，對他日後從事「打譜」工作奠定了堅實的基礎。一九五一年，姚丙炎舉家遷居上海，與滬上琴人相往還，並參加了今虞琴社的活動，應吳振平先生倡議整理出《琴曲鉤沉》系列。其琴學之重要著述還有《唐陳拙論古琴指法》及其一百二十五條注釋；《唐宋元五家指法釋注》；《琴曲統計》；《古琴指法》……等等，均在國內外有一定影響。 YAO Bing-yan YAO Bing-yan was born on January 10, 1921 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province and had finished his 62 years live by cancer on March 18, 1983 in Shanghai. His first name was Ji-liang. When he was young, he loved string and woodwind instruments deeply by the influences of his brother. In 1947, he learned the qin from XU Yuan-bai of the new Zhejiang School. In 1951, YAO Bing-yan and his family moved to Shangahi and settled down there. He then joined the Jinyu Qin Musicians Association and made friends overthere. Encouraged by WU Zhen-ping, he started his transcription of qin scores and ready for publishing. Besides, he has written
TSAR Teh-yun
蔡女史浙江吳興人，一九○五年出生於湖州雙林鎮，二○○七年六月十日於香港仙逝。少居上海，受傳統詩禮家風所薰沐，又得新文化的洗禮，二十世紀三十年代，師承蕭山琴家沈草農；寓港後，以文人藝術家之高尚品質，傳授琴道，悉力於傳統文化之存微繼絕。女史固能琴，兼善雅簫、崑曲，又常賦詩題字，徐文鏡許為「琴中之禪，詞中之仙，字中之米顛」；在古琴研究方面，專注於整理舊曲，又自行打譜，自六十年代以來，積極推廣古琴，培育新一代香港的泛川派琴人。其演奏耳聽聰敏，指腕柔韌，勁力依舊，動如脫兔，婉若遊龍，其演繹曲操輯著成《愔愔室琴譜》。 TSAR Teh-yun TSAR Teh-yun was born in 1905 in Huzhou, Zhejiang province and passed away on June 10, 2007 in Hong Kong. Her ancestral home was in Wuxing, Zhejiang province and she grew up in Shanghai. She was born with exceptional talent, nutured in a family of traditional learning, and having received formal education in literature, calligraphy and music early on in her life. In 1930’s, she learned the qin from SHEN Cao-nong. In 1950’s, she moved to Hong Kong and settled down. For half a century, she has dedicated her life and love to poetry, calligraphy and music and has single-handedly trained several generations of qin students, imparting to them not only the art of qin, but also
楊靜 (YANG Jing)
楊靜: 琵琶獨奏家、作曲家楊靜，一九八六年畢業於上海音樂學院，師從葉緒然教授學習琵琶演奏，師從胡登跳教授學習作曲，並同時師從林友仁教授學習民族音樂學及古琴。又先後求教於林石城等琵琶教授，並師從琵琶教授王范地先生。一九九七年起，師從作曲家三木稔深造作曲。曾任職琵琶獨奏，在中國中央民族樂團工作十二年，一九九八年起，獨立為職業獨奏家，二○○二年起，擔任「亞洲室內樂團」音樂監督。在繼承古典傳統的同時，更具有鮮明的音樂個性。由她創作的琵琶獨奏作品：《龜茲舞曲》、《九連鈺》等及其首演的三木稔的獨奏作品《江上流韻》、《琵琶潭詩》和一些傳統曲目組成的琵琶獨奏音樂會，在世界各地久演不衰。一九八九年，在第十三屆世界青年聯歡節上楊靜榮獲金獎並被授予「最傑出藝術家」榮譽證書；琵琶作品《龜茲舞曲》獲一九九三年中國小型民樂作品一等獎及演奏一等獎。 YANG Jing YANG Jing graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and had been a member of the National Traditional Orchestra of China for twelve years. She is now an individual soloist and the Music Director of the Asian Chamber Orchestra. She has dedicated herself to music composition in recent years, and her works include Dance Along the Old Silk Road, Dream of Duanhuang and Nine Jade Chains. Being an active musician in the international scene, she has performed pipa concerto with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra of the United States.
衛仲樂 (Wei Chong Loh)
衛先生本姓殷，過繼衛姓後更名衛秉濤、衛祟福，其後鄭覲文又替他改名衛仲樂，原籍江蘇無錫。一九○八年三月二十三日生於上海的一個碼頭工人家裏，一九九七年四月七日逝世於上海的病榻中。一九二八年因家貧，得鄭覲文免收會費，招為「大同樂會」會員，並拜在鄭覲文、汪昱庭、柳堯章等人門下，學習古琴、琵琶、小提琴等，又從其他樂家學習簫、笛、二胡等民族樂器，由於興趣、天賦及刻苦，加上良師的指導，成為首屈一指的學員。一九三八年隨中國文化劇團赴美國演出，頗獲盛譽；一九四一年創辦中國管弦樂隊及仲樂音樂館；新中國成立後隨「中國文化代表團」出訪印度、緬甸、印尼等國；除任教於上海音樂學院外，還受託籌建該院民樂系，初任副主任，一九五八年升為系主任，一九八五年改任名譽系主任。他畢生致力音樂教育事業，學生桃李滿天下。 WEI Chung-loh WEI Chung-loh was born in Shanghai on March 23, 1908 and passed away of illness on April 7, 1997 in Shanghai. In 1928, he joined the influential “Ta Tung National Music Research Institute”. There he learned many instruments including qin, pipa, erhu, jinghu, sanxian, xiao, bamboo flute and violin from famous players. His musicianship became so mature that he was appointed the Associate Music Director of the institute. In 1938, he was involved in many charity concerts in Hong Kong and in United States to raise money for Chinese refugees. The American
程午嘉 (CHENG Wu-jia)
程先生亦名程午加，江蘇省奉賢縣南橋鎮人。一九○二年二月十日生於江蘇奉賢，一九八五年十一月十五日於南京因胃疾手術，傷口發生感染，不幸逝世。自幼從父學習各種民族樂器，一九一七年七月經陳有荃介紹拜琵琶名家沈肇州學習《瀛州古調》，又拜王燕卿門下學習諸城派琴曲，二十世紀二十年代初為首批大同樂會成員，並從鄭覲文學古琴與仿古樂器及其製作，從汪昱庭學琵琶；一九三六年成為新成立的「今虞琴社」首批會員；新中國成立後為山東大學藝術系、華東藝術專科學校骨幹教師；一九五五年創改出「鼓琶」等新樂器；一九五八年起任教於南京藝術學院。著述包括《琵琶曲集》、《中國鑼鼓曲》、《月琴、秦琴、三弦》等，創作樂曲有《泰山觀日出》、《巴山夜雨》等。 CHENG Wu-jia CHENg Wu-jia was born on February 10, 1902 in Fengxian (now belong to Shanghai district), Jiangsu and he passed away at the age of 83 years old in Nanjing in 1985. He learned music from his father when he was young. In 1917, he started to learn the pipa from the famous teacher SHEN Zhao-zhou and the qin from WANG Yan-qing. In the early 1920’s, he joined the “Ta Tung National Music Research Institute” and studied music under ZHENG Jin-wen and WANG Yu-ting. In 1936, when Jin Yu Qin Society was established, he joined it as a member. He reformed and made new instruments such as gupa in 1955. In
劉少椿 (LIU Shao-chun)
劉先生名紹，字少椿，號德一，一九○一年十月十六日生於陝西省富平縣北陵堡的一個鹽商家庭，一九七一年十一月二十日逝世於揚州。一九二八年劉少椿得到廣陵琴派名家孫檀生之子孫紹陶教授操縵之藝，在明師、嚴師的傳授下，勤奮刻苦地鑽研琴道，把廣陵派琴曲的自由跌宕掌握得非掌牢固，由於抗戰時期的艱苦，他將家中財物不顧，僅抱一琴逃難，固被稱為「琴癡」。一九五六年應查阜西之邀由揚州赴南京為全國琴人採訪活動錄製廣陵派琴曲八首，後經張正吟介紹，留在南京樂社為青少年傳授琴藝，一九五八年經甘濤推薦，在南京藝術學院音樂系教授古琴。 LIU Shao-chun LIU Shao-chun was born on October 16, 1901 in a salty family of Fuping, Shanxi province and passed away on November 20, 1971 in Yangzhou. His first name was Shao and also called De-yi. In 1928, he learned the qin from SUN Shao-tao of the Guang Ling School. He learned hard and acquainted all the techniques of the Guang Ling School. As a result of the Sino-Japanese War, he disregarded all the belongs and took only a qin with him during fleeing from homeland. This brought him a nick name called “the crazy man in qin”. In 1956, he was invited by ZHA Fu-xi to go to Nanjing for recording of his 8 pieces of Guang Ling School qin music. He then stayed in Nanjing. And in 1958, he was intr