張尊連 (ZHANG Zun-lian)

張尊連，一九六四年出生於山東青島，九歲開始自學二胡，一九七七年考入中央音樂學院附中，一九八六年以優異成績畢業於中國音樂學院，並留校任教，一九九八年就讀於「文化部民族聲樂、民族器樂優秀青年研究班」。求學期間，先後師從蔣青教授和劉明源教授，並得到蔣風之教授親傅。張尊連集演奏、教學與創作於一身，一九九三年獲第三屆全國民樂展播優秀演奏獎；一九九五年獲國際中國民族器樂獨奏大賽二胡組三等獎。他的學生在第八、九、十屆北京市少年民族器樂比賽中獲一、二等獎，他也為此獲「園丁獎」，他創作有二胡獨奏曲《隴風》。張尊連為中國音樂學院器樂系弦樂教研室主任、中國音協二胡學會理事、中國民族管弦樂學會會員。

ZHANG Zun-lian

               ZHANG Zun-lian was born in 1964 in Qingdao, Shandong province. He started to learn the erhu at the age of nine. In 1977, he was admitted to the affiliated secondary school of the Central Conservatory. In 1986, he completed his university course and graduated from the China Conservatory and was then appointed as a teacher there. In 1998, he took the Study Course on National Instrumental Music for Outstanding Young Musicians. He learned the erhu under famous musicians JIANG Qing, LIU Ming-yuan and JIANG Feng-zhi. Apart from performance, he is also engaged in teaching and composition. In 1993, he won the outstanding performance award in the 3^rd National Music Exhibition. In 1995, he won the third prize in the erhu section of the International Chinese National Music Instrumental Competition. His students also won first and second prizes in the 8^th, 9^th, and 10^th Beijing Teenager Chinese Instrumental Competition, and for that he won the “Gardener Award”. He has composed the erhu piece In Gansu Style. Currently he is in charge of the school of strings of the instrumental music department in the China Conservatory, Executive Committee Member of the Erhu Society of Chinese Musicians’ Association, and member of the China Folk Orchestral Music Academy.