寧保生:
笛子演奏家寧保生，一九四三年一月出生於河北保定，二零零九年二月八日病逝於北京。寧氏祖籍河北唐縣，自幼酷愛民族音樂，模擬唱片博採眾長，自學成才。青少年時期因無錢買唱片，為了能聽到馮子存演奏的笛子曲《放風箏》，經常不惜步行數里路程往北京西單商場，等待賣唱片的人試聽。一九五七年，中學畢業，翌年，考入中華人民共和國地質部文工團，任笛子獨奏演員。其間，得年長同事、東北著名笙管演奏家宋俊峰嚴厲訓導：「別瞧你能吹這吹那，你根本就不知道這笛子應該是個啥響！」寧氏終生未忘此鞭策：「宋老師並未教過我一首笛子曲，然而他所教給我的是笛子演奏最基本、最本質的東西，一是音準，二是音樂，真使我收益非淺！奠定了我演奏生涯的堅實基礎，他是我心目中的恩師。」二十世紀六十年代初，到中央音樂學院學習和聲，一九六三年，調中央民族樂團任管樂聲部長、笛子首席，一九八七年，被評為首批國家一級演奏員。寧氏演奏風格明快，指法靈巧多變，能準確把握不同地域、不同民族音樂的演奏風格，其獨特的用舌方法，獨樹一幟，著稱笛界。
NING Bao-sheng
NING Bao-sheng was born in January 1943 in Baoding, Hebei province and passed away of illness on February 8, 2009 in Beijing. His ancestral home was in Tang county, Hebei province. He loved music and learned it by himself since his childhood. In 1957, he graduated from the secondary school and was admitted to the Song and Dance Troupe of the Geology Department of the People’s Republic of China as a dizi performer. Since that, he has learned the essential performing art of music from his older colleague SONG Jun-feng. In early 1960s, he studied the harmony in the Central Conservatory. In 1963, He was transferred to the National Traditional Orchestra of China as the wind section head. In 1978, he was appointed as the national 1st class performer. His performing style is elegant, and the techniques are free and easy. He can play different national music style and establishes a new school of dizi music.