王範地:
琵琶藝術家、教育家王范地浙江鎮海人，一九三三年十二月十六日生於上海，二零一七年十二月八日病逝於北京。王氏曾師從琵琶專家馬林生、李廷松、絲竹專家陳永祿。一九五七年，在第六屆世界青年聯歡節國際民間器樂比賽中王範地榮獲金質獎章。二十世紀六十年代起，開始從事琵琶專業教學和理論研究，他是培養出中國第一位琵琶碩士研究生的導師。一九九一年，應日本國國際交流基金會的邀請赴日進行中國琵琶和日本薩摩琵琶之比較研究。他創編了《天山之春》、《送我一支玫瑰花》、等琵琶獨奏曲，對中國多種民族樂器有較深的研究。在他豐富的藝術活動中，集演奏、教學和理論研究於一身，在繼承傳統的基礎上，對琵琶藝術的演奏、創作教學研究作出了貢獻。王教授嘗任中國音樂學院教授，北京中華傳統樂會會長，中國國際文化交流中心理事。
WANG Fan-di
China’s famous pipa artist and educationist WANG Fan-di was born in Shanghai on December16,1933 and passed away of illness on December8,2017 in Beijing. His ancestral home was in Zhenhai, Zhejiang province. He had studied under pipa expert MA Lin-sheng and LI Ting-song as well as expert of string and woodwind instrument, CHEN Yong-lu. WANG Fan-di has been active in domestic and foreign stages since 1950s. He won the golden medal in the competition of international instruments in the Sixth World Youth Gathering Festival in 1957. He has engaged himself in the professional teaching and theoretical research of pipa the 1960s and has trained hundreds of pipa performers and teachers, most of whom have become the professional performers and teachers. The first graduate who got pipa master degree in China was tutored by him. He has been invited to teach or give lectures in conservatories of different regions. In 1991, he was invited by Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation to do research work in Japan for comparing the Chinese Pipa and Japanese Pipa. The teaching and researching results work of WANG Fan-di has wide influence both at home and abroad. He has recorded albums and tapes of traditional pipa solo music, and has composed the pipa solo tunes such as Spring of Tianshan Mountain, Give Me a Rose, etc. Professor WANG Fan-di has done deep research in various kinds of Chinese traditional instruments. WANG Fan-di is the professor of China Conservatory, the president of Beijing Chinese Traditional Music Association and the member of the Chinese International Cultural Exchange Center.