劉長福，一九四四年八月生於天津，原籍河北省靜海縣，一九五六年，考入中央音樂學院少年班（後改為附中）學習二胡專業，一九六三年畢業後至一九七九年間，在內蒙古藝術學院任二胡專業教員，一九七九年，考入中央音樂學院研究生班，師從著名理論家、民族音樂教育家藍玉崧教授學習二胡的演奏、教學與理論研究，一九八一年，畢業後獲碩士學位並留校任教，是中國大陸第一位獲得碩士學位的二胡演奏家、民族音樂教育家，現為中央音樂學院教授、碩士生導師、中國音樂家協會二胡學會副會長、中國民族管弦樂學會常務理事、胡琴專業委員會副會長。
LIU Chang-Fu
LIU Chang-fu was born in August 1944 in Tianjin, Hebei province and his ancestral home was in Jinghai, Hebei province. In 1956, he was admitted to the affiliated secondary school of Central Conservatory. After his graduation in 1963 till 1969, he taught the erhu performing in Inner Mongolia Arts Institute. In 1979, he became a postgraduate in Central Conservatory, studying erhu performing, education and theory under LAN Yu-song. In 1981, he got his master degree and stayed in the conservatory as a teacher. Now he is an associate professor in the department of Chinese music of Central Conservatory, the postgraduate instructor, the vice chairman of the Erhu Academy of the China Musicians’ Association, the administrative director of China Folk Orchestral Music Academy and the vice chairman of Erhu Professional Committee.