高胡演奏家余其偉，一九五三年十月二日生於廣東開平，一九七五年，畢業於廣東人民藝術學院音樂系，主修高胡。曾師從黃日進、劉天一、朱海學習高胡，又師從張韶學習二胡，及後得王宜勤、閔惠芬、駱津及沈偉指導。一九八二年，獲全國民樂獨奏觀摩比賽一等獎，一九八九年，獲首屆中國金唱片獎（高胡獨奏《鳥投林》），同年國務院表彰為「我國表演藝術突出貢獻專家」，以及被評為國家一級演奏員。一九七五年至二○○○年，余氏先後任廣東省歌舞劇院民族樂團首席、獨奏演員及藝術指導、廣州樂團民族樂團團長等職務，二○○二年，任教於星海音樂學院，主持「星海音樂學院余其偉廣東音樂研究室」，二○○四年，任香港演藝學院中樂系系主任，多次赴歐美、東南亞多個國家及香港、澳門、台灣、國內各地演奏及講學。
YU Qi-wei
YU Qi-wei was born on October 2, 1953 in Kaiping, Guangdong province. In 1975, he graduated from Guangdong People’s Art Academy of Music, majoring in gaohu. He learned the gaohu from HUANG Ri-jin, LIU Tian-yi, ZHU Hai and the erhu from ZHANG Shao and latter followed with WANG Yi-qin, MIN Hui-fen, LUO Jin and SHEN Wei for instructs. In 1982, he attained the national folk music solo competition and awarded the first prize. Later on, he was appointed the national first class performer. Between 1975 and 2000, he was the concertmaster, soloist and art director of the traditional orchestra of the Song and Dance Troupe of Guangdong Province and also the director of the traditional orchestra attached to Guangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2002, he taught in the Xinghai Conservatory and in charge the Cantonese music research unit. In 2004, he jointed the Chinese music department of the Academy of Performing Arts, Hong Kong as the officer-in-charge.