魯日融，一九三三年六月出生於湖北漢水河畔均縣（今丹江口市）小城，家鄉的民歌小調與縴夫號子伴隨其童年。一九四九年秋，魯氏參加開赴陝南地區的文藝工作隊。一九五一年，考入西北藝術學院音樂系，一九五四年畢業。先後在西北藝術學院、西安音樂學院任教、歷任民族音樂系主任、副院長、碩士研究生導師、兼任西安交通大學兼職教授、陝西省民族管弦樂學會會長、中國音樂家協會民族音樂委員會副主任。一九六三年五月，參加第四屆「上海之春」全國首屆二胡比賽，以演奏他創作的西秦風格作品《迷胡調》及《秦腔主題隨想曲》（合作）而獲新作品演奏優秀獎。
LU Ri-rong
LU Ri-rong was born in June 1933 in Jun (now Dan Jiang Kou), Hubei province. In his hometown, there were full of folk songs and chants of craftsmen during his childhood. In 1949, he joined the Art Performance Team of south Shaanxi. In 1951, he was admitted to the music department of the Northwest Arts Academy till his graduation in 1954. He then successively taught in the Northwest Arts Academy, the Xi’an Conservatory and the Xi’an Communication University. He is now the president of the Shaanxi Traditional and Orchestral Music Association and also the assistant director of the committee of national music of the Chinese Musicians’ Association. In 1963, he was selected to participate in the 4th Shanghai Spring Festival’s national erhu competition. He performed his Shaanxi style works Meihu Tune and Capriccio on a Qinqiang Theme and won the outstanding new work performance prize.