高胡演奏家朱海,一九一五年出生於廣東新會,一九八三年七月十九日病逝於廣州,終年六十九歲。一九三五年,開始從事粵樂演奏,一九五一年,參加廣州曲藝隊,為樂隊「頭架」(即首席)。一九五四年,赴羅馬尼亞參加第四屆世界青年和平與友誼聯歡節,以其作為主奏之廣東音樂小組榮獲了獎項。一九五八年,調廣東音樂曲藝團任職,一九七六年退休後,仍孜孜不倦地輔導青年學員。朱氏演奏《昭君怨》、《雙聲恨》等乙凡調曲子,首創上下三度回滑音,獨具一格。其作品《歡樂的春耕》,轉調巧妙,快弓密集,收入廣東民間音樂研究室編《廣東音樂曲集》中,朱氏為中國音樂家協會會員、音協廣東分會民族音樂委員會委員、廣州民間樂團音樂顧問。
ZHU Hai
ZHU Hai was born in 1915 in Xinhui, Guangdong province and passed away of illness at the age of sixty-nine on July 19, 1983 in Guangzhou. In 1935, he started to perform Cantonese music. In 1951, he joined the ensembles in Guangzhou as gaohu leader. In 1954, he was selected to participate the 4th session of World Youth Festival in Romania and won an award together with his ensemble colleagues. In 1958, he was transferred to the Guangdong Folk Music Acrobatics Group and working there until his retirement in 1976. His composition the Happy Spring-Plough has been published in a Cantonese Music Collection in 1984.