青年古箏演奏家，河南南陽（蒙古族）人，自幼習箏，曾得到十多位民間箏家的指導，有深厚的河南箏曲基礎。一九八一年，考入南陽藝術學校，隨著名箏家趙曼琴先生學習，一九八六年，他以其全新的高難度技法首演了《打虎上山》以及《井崗山上太陽紅》等箏曲，轟動了中國首屆古箏學術交流會，受到海內外同仁注目。其後考入中國音樂學院，師從著名箏教育家李婉芬教授，一九八九年，參加「ART」杯中國樂器國際比賽，在青年專業組決賽中獲獎，一九九五年「國際中國民族器樂獨奏大賽」，王中山以其精湛的技藝獲得了古箏項目的第一名。王中山現為中國音樂學院古箏教師，在古箏演奏技法上他有許多新的創意，如開拓性地運用了左右手輪指、彈輪等技巧，豐富了箏的表現力。
WANG Zhong-shan
WANG Zhong-shan is of Mongolian descent, but was born in Henan province. He started to study the zheng in his childhood, and has received the guidance of a dozen of zheng players. He is deeply rooted in the Henan School of zheng playing. In 1981, he entered Nanyang Art School, studying under the zheng player ZHAO Man-qin. In 1986 he played the premieres of Defeating the Tiger on the Mountain and Red Sun over Jinggang Mountain with newly invented difficult techniques, and attracted the attention of many. Afterwards, he entered the China Conservatory, studying under the zheng player LI Wan-fen. In 1989 he was awarded in the “ART” Cup Instrumental Competition. In 1995 he won the first prize in the zheng section of an international Chinese instrumental competition. WANG Zhong-shan is now a zheng teacher of the China Conservatory. He is innovative in the use of techniques of zheng playing, and pioneered the use of cyclic fingering on the zheng to enrich its expressive ability.