笙演奏家胡天泉，一九三四年七月二十七日出生於山西省忻縣奇村鎮一戶民間藝人世家。其父胡寶隆是聞名四鄉的鼓吹高手，胡氏幼時即隨其父學笙、管、嗩呐。一九五三年，入伍參加公安軍文工團，一九五七年，隨中國青年藝術團赴莫斯科參加第六屆世界青年聯歡節，演奏《鳳凰展翅》榮獲金質獎章，一九五八年，調濟南前衛歌舞團，任獨奏演員兼教員，半世紀以來，胡氏對笙的演奏、改革和創作均有諸多建樹。一九五六年，與董洪德合作，創作了近現代第一首笙獨奏曲《鳳凰展翅》，又創編了《蘆笙舞曲》、《白鴿飛翔》等數十首笙曲，並研製出多種形制的系列笙，創製巴烏笙；又將笙的音域擴大到三個八度以上，在中間一個半八度的音區，裝上了全部半音。在笙的演奏技術上，胡氏亦創造發展了十幾種新技巧。胡氏在國內外及軍內獲獎無數，現為該團藝術指導。
HU Tian-quan
HU Tian-quan was born on July 27, 1934 in Xin county, Shanxi province. His father HU Bao-long was a well-known musician and HU Tian-quan learned the sheng, guanzi and suona from him since his childhood. In 1953, he joined the Song and Dance Troupe of Beijing Public Security Army. In 1957, he was selected to participate in the 6th World Youth Festival and awarded a gold medal by playing a sheng solo piece Phoenix Spreading Wings. In 1958, he was transferred to the Progress Chinese Orchestra, Jinan as a soloist. During the past fifty years, he has many achievements on sheng performance and reformation. In 1956, he composed together with DONG Hong-de the first sheng solo piece Phoenix Spreading Wings and many other pieces like Lusheng Dance, Pigeon Soaring. He also developed a series of sheng and invented the Ba-u sheng. He widen the range of sheng to more than 3 octaves in between there has one and a halve octave can play semitones. His research brings out many new techniques. His performance wins him many awards. He is the arts director of the Progress Chinese Orchestra, Jinan.