馬向華，現為中央音樂學院青年教師。山東濟南人，七歲起開始隨濟南市少年宮的陳建新老師學習二胡，九歲拜師於濟南前衛歌舞團蘇安國門下，一九八六年，入中央音樂學院附小，師從馮智皓，附中教師為聶靖宇。自一九九一年開始，師從劉長福。一九九八年，以優異成績獲學院免試保送攻讀碩士學位研究生，繼續隨劉長福深造。除主修二胡外，副修板胡導師為李恒，高胡導師為田再勵。此外，曾多次到廣東、上海等地方學習不同的地方音樂，得到甘尚時、余其偉、閔惠芬、林心銘等老師的多方指導，獲益良多。在濟南時期，已多次獲得兒童器樂比賽第一名，於中央音樂學院期間，二次獲傅成賢獎學金一等獎，一九八九年，在「ART」杯中國樂器國際比賽中獲少年組二胡專業組一等獎；一九九七年台北中國器樂大賽獲二胡組第一名，為二胡比賽的常勝軍。二○○三年參加「東方魅力女子樂團」，進一步在多方面的表演及音樂形式作嘗試及磨練，為其成為更全面的二胡藝術家奠下更紮實而廣闊的基礎。
MA Xiang-hua
MA Xiang-hua was born in Jinan, Shandong province. She began to learn the erhu in Jinan Children’s Palace under CHEN Jian-xin and SU An-gou of the Jinan Progress Chinese Orchestra. In 1986, she was admitted to the affiliated primary school of the Central Conservatory, learning the erhu under FENG Zhi-hao and in the secondary school her teacher was NIE Jing-yu. Since 1991 she began to further her study under LIU Chang-fu. In 1998 she continued to study as a postgraduate student under professor LIU Chang-fu. Besides taking erhu as the major,she studied banhu under professor LI Heng, and gaohu under assistant professor TIAN Zai-li. She also went to Guangdong and Shanghai, etc, to study different local music from GAN Shang-shi, YU Qi-wei, MIN Hui-fen, LIN Xin-ming. All these teachings gave her much help. She won many prizes throughout the years. During her childhood in Jinan she won the first prize at the Instrumental Competition for Children. When she was study in the Central Conservatory, she won twice the first prize of the Scholarship of FU Cheng-xian. In 1997 she won the first prize for erhu in the Taipei Chinese Musical Instruments Competition. Since 2003, she joined the Oriental Angels ensemble group. The enormous practice and performance of modern type of Chinese music further widen the performance range of her erhu art.