俞良模:
琵琶演奏家俞良模先生,一九三七年出生於浙江慈城的一個音樂家庭,十二歲隨父學習琵琶,一九五三年,考入中國廣播民族樂團,繼而師從彭修文、王君僅、李庭松、孫裕德等學習琵琶及二胡,一九五六年,起擔任中國廣播民族樂團彈撥樂聲部長及琵琶首席。數度學習民間琵琶彈奏法,如向琵琶大師白鳳岩學習北派琵琶藝術,接受老一輩演奏的技法與傳統精華,深入傳統又不拘泥於傳統。一九五七年,參加莫斯科第六屆世界青年聯歡節獲得了金質獎章,同年應聘於中央音樂學院,廣州音樂學院,南京藝術學院,湖北藝術學院,浙江藝校,中國社會音樂學院等講課;自一九五九年以來,俞先生創作和改編了不少的彈撥樂合奏曲。俞先生現為中國音樂家協會會員,中國民族管弦樂學會會員,中國琵琶研究會理事兼演出部主任等。
YU Liang-mo
Born in a musical family in Zhejiang Province in 1937, Yu had developed an aptitude and interest for Chinese Music since childhood. He studied pipa (a plucked lute) from his father at age of twelve. In secondary school, he joined the school’s traditional music orchestra. He joined the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra and studied pipa and erhu from PENG Xiu-wen, WANG Jun-jin, LI Ting-song, and SUN Yue-de. In 1956, he became the pipa leader of the orchestra. Yu’s pipa virtuosity is thorough in traditional interpretation but is open to new adaptation. He often exchanges techniques with the contemporary pipa soloists and also consults more senior virtuosos, like BAI Feng-yan, etc. From 1957 onwards, he participated in the recordings of The Moon is High etc. Moonlight Over the River in Spring won the Gold Medal in the World’s Youth Festival. He has toured U.S.S.R., the Easter European countries ,Japan, and Hong Kong. In 1957, he published “How to Play Pipa” in People’s Music and the article was very well received. He was appointed in the Central Conservatory,Guangdong Conservatory, Nanjing Institute of Arts, Zhejiang Institute of Arts, and later the Chinese Society School of Music. Many well known young virtuosos have studied with Yu. Since 1959,Yu has composed and arranged many piece of the orchestra. Yu is at present a member of the Chinese Musician Society. Academy of Chinese Traditional Orchestra, Executive and Head of the Performance Section of the Chinese Pipa Research Society.