板胡演奏家、教育家沈誠，一九五九年出生於西安。十二歲開始隨陝西名家學習板胡，一九八六年，畢業於西安音樂學院民樂系，一九八八年，考入中國音樂學院，師從「胡琴司令」劉明源等攻讀研究生，一九九○年畢業，為我國第一位板胡碩士學位獲得者。一九八七年，以高胡領奏參加全國廣東音樂比賽，獲集體二等獎，一九九五年，參加國際中國樂器獨奏大賽，獲板胡演奏第一名。作有板胡協奏曲《桑梓》，著有論文《中國板面拉弦樂器》，提出自己之見識。
SHEN Cheng
SHEN Cheng was born in 1959 in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. He started to learn the erhu in his adolescence. When he was twelve, he started to learn the banhu under famous performers in Shaanxi province. In 1986, he graduated from the Xi’an Conservatory, and in 1988, he was admitted to the China Conservatory, studying under the famous bow-string master LIU Ming-yuan. In 1990, he graduated being the first person in China who achieves a master degree in banhu. In 1987, he won a 2nd class award in the National Guangdong Music Competition as a leading gaohu player. In the International Chinese Music Competition 1995, he was the champion for the banhu section. He has composed a banhu concerto Sang Zi (Hometown).