笙演奏家閻海登，一九三○年出生於山西省定襄縣王進村，二○○四年四月五日病逝於天津，亨年七十四歲。八歲隨于南王村藝人張褐寶習笙、嗩呐、笛等吹管及打擊樂器。一九五三年，參加山西民間音樂舞蹈匯演後，入天津歌舞團（即天津歌舞劇院），任獨奏演奏員至離休。五十年代末，閻氏創編並演奏甚具特色之笙曲《晉調》與《孔雀開屏》。閻氏著有《笙的演奏法》（與人合作）一書。閻氏為中國笙會榮譽會長、中央音樂學院客作教授、中國音樂學院客作教授、第三屆全國人大代表、中國音樂家協會會員。
YAN Hay-den
YAN Hay-den was born in 1930 in Dingxiang county, Shanxi province and passed away of illness at the age of seventy-four on April 5, 2004 in Tianjin. He learned the sheng, suona, dizi and percussions from ZHANG He-bao at the age of eight. In 1953, he was selected to participate in the Join Performances of Folk Music and Dance of Shanxi Province, since that he was appointed to the Song and Dance Troupe of Tianjin as a soloist until his retirement. At the end of 1950s, he composed and successfully performed the famous sheng solo pieces Melody of Jin and A Peacock Displaying His Feathers. He wrote the book Performance Skills of Sheng together with other musician. He was the Honorable Chairman of the Sheng Association of China, visiting professor of Central Conservatory and China Conservatory, member of the Chinese Musicians’ Association.