琵琶、三弦演奏家、曲藝弦師白鳳岩，一八九九年九月二十六日出生於北京的一個曲藝藝人家庭，一九七五年八月十七日病逝於北京。八歲從父白曉山習三弦演奏，又隨義父盛連堂學單弦伴奏，十五歲時，拜韓永先為師，並向著名弦師韓永祿習三弦、琵琶。成名後，仍多方求教問藝，不僅師事「京韻鼓王」劉寶全習三弦，又向著名弦師蘇啟元習琵琶、霍連仲習四胡。故其亦善琵琶及四胡，三弦技藝更為精湛，有「三弦聖手」之美譽。白氏不僅創造了「凡字腔」創立京韻大鼓的「少白派」、改革了梅花大鼓舊的結構，除在京韻大鼓三弦伴奏上多所建樹外，對梅花大鼓、聯珠快板、單弦、時調小曲、南板馬頭調、靠山調等曲種也都進行過唱腔的改革與創新，並且創作了著名的大三弦獨奏曲《風雨鐵馬》、《八音合》，改編了《變調柳青娘》、《萬年歡》等樂曲，創作琵琶獨奏曲《花鼓琴聲》、《劍閣聞鈴》，改編了《新八板》等樂曲，這些樂曲，在指法上及技巧上，都有革新與創造，後棄藝行醫近十年，新中國成立後重返藝壇，一九五四年參加中央廣播文工團說唱團，任藝術指導。
BAI Feng-yan
On September 26, 1899, BAI Feng-yan was born in Beijing. When he was eight years old, he learned sanxian from his father BAI Xiao-shan and learned sanxian and pipa from HAN Yong-lu. After becomes famous, he still sought for famous expert for learning yangqin and sihu. Bai not only created new style of Beijing dagu, he also reformed the old structure. He has composed many famous sanxian pieces and arranged many traditional pieces. On August 17, 1975, Bai died of illness in Beijing.