揚琴演奏家、教育家劉月寧，一九六五年出生於湖南安化，曾師從張五十先生（一九三八至二○○一年）、桂習禮、項祖華教授，並師從李祥霆教授專修古琴。 一九七八年十二歲時，以一曲揚琴獨奏《映山紅》而名聞海內外，在國內外的民族器樂比賽中獲多種獎項及教育園丁獎，同時，為揚琴音樂教育事業培養了大批的演奏專業人才，他們在各地區的各類比賽中都取得了良好的成績。一九九六年，參與創建了著名的「卿梅靜月」中國民樂重奏組合，一九九八年，榮獲北京市優秀青年骨幹教師稱號，二○○五年，作為揚琴音樂家，成為首位捷克國際揚琴比賽的中國評委。中央音樂學院民樂系教授、碩士研究生導師、國際揚琴學會理事、中國揚琴學會副秘書長、中國音樂家協會會員、中國民族器樂學會常務理事、北京市港澳台僑婦女聯誼會理事、中國民族管弦樂學會理事。
LIU Yue-ning
LIU Yue-ning was born in 1965 in Anhua, Hunan province. She learned the yangqin under ZHANG Wu-shi, GUI Xi-li, XIANG Zu-hua and the guqin under LI Xiang-ting. In 1978, she performed the solo piece Mountain Red and became well known. She has got many awards in the competitions and also be appointed as the “Educational Gardener”. In 1996, she and her friends founded the Qing-Mei-Jing-Yue Ensemble. In 1998, she was awarded the “Beijing Outstanding Youth Teacher”. In 2005, she was the first Chinese to be the judging committee of the International Competition of Yangqin held in Czechoslovakia. She is now the professor of the Central Conservatory, teacher of master degree, committee member of the International Yangqin Society, vice chief secretary of the Chinese Yangqin Association, member of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, executive committee member of the Chinese Traditional Instrumental Society, committee member of the Women Association of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in Beijing, committee member of the China Folk Orchestral Music Academy.