蒋风之，一九○八年四月二十七日出生于江苏宜兴县后留墅村一清贫农家，一九八六年一月二十六日病逝于北京和平里寓所。初名春根，入小学时改名风之。蒋氏少时曾向农民丝竹乐手王老四习笛，后从堂兄习二胡。一九二四年，蒋氏为学校同乐会二胡手，翌年认识储师竹，并获赠刘天华的《病中吟》谱。一九二七年，蒋氏考入田汉主办的私立上海艺术大学，三个月后入学费较低之国立上海音乐院，随朱荇青主修琵琶，副修钢琴。一九二九年秋，学校易名国立上海音乐专科学校，因积极反对校方加收假期宿杂费学潮而被取消学籍。后蒋氏离开上海，赴北平报读北平大学艺术学院音乐系，随刘天华主修小提琴与二胡、副修琵琶，师生情谊甚笃。一九三一年九月，经刘推介，蒋氏受聘于北平大学女子文理学院、京华美术专科学校音乐系兼任教师。一九三三年，毕业后在北平师范大学、北平艺术专科学校、天津河北女子师范学院音乐系任教。一九四九年后，蒋氏先后在中央音乐学院、天津河北师范学院、北京艺术师范学院及中国音乐学院任教。蒋氏演奏的古曲《汉宫秋月》等，弓法、指法及音腔、节奏处理别具风韵，自成一格，人称“蒋派”。
JIANG Feng-zhi
JIANG Feng-zhi was born on April 27,1908 in Yixing, Jiangsu province and passed away of illness on January 26, 1986 in Beijing. His first name was Chun-gen. He learned the dizi from a farmer and the erhu from his brother since his childhood. In 1924, he was an erhu member of his school orchestra. In 1923, he got the erhu music Sigh of Ailment by LIU Tian-hua from his friend CHU Shi-zhu as a gift. In 1927, he was admitted to Tian Han’s Shanghai Art University, later changed to the National Shanghai Music Training School learning the pipa under ZHU Ying. In the objection to the school’s collection of extra miscellaneous expenses fees on the vacation period, his registration was canceled. He then left Shanghai to Beijing to learn the erhu and pipa from LIU Tian-hua. In 1931, he was introduced by LIU Tian-hua to teach music in Beijing’s high-level educational unit. After 1949, he was appointed by the Central Conservatory, the China Conservatory, etc. His performing style, rhythm and fingering became standard and people called it the “Jiang school”.