陸修棠，一九一一年十二月出生於江蘇昆山城內北後街一個知識份子家庭，一九六六年八月三十一日在上海與世長辭，享年五十五歲。陸氏曾用名伯平，號憩南。一九二一年讀小學時，已好絲竹；一九二四年，受中學音樂教師王允功影響，熱衷學習諸般國樂器之演奏，並與同窗丁善德組織國樂隊。一九二七年，從張季讓學習二胡，一九三○年，從丁善德處獲得蔣風之、陳振鐸等傳抄之劉天華二胡名譜，並隨之學習，一九三三年在，上海國立音專時，又從朱荇青習琵琶，一九四二年，返回故里執教，以其琴藝及處女作《懷鄉行》名噪江南，一九五一年十一月，任教華東師大音樂系為副教授，一九五六年，調任北京藝術師範學院二胡專業教師，一九五八年春，陸氏任上海音樂學院民族音樂系教研室主任。教有學生吳之珉、林心銘、劉樹秉、胡祖庭及吳贛伯等多人。一九六一年及一九六三年，陸氏分別組織與主持了在上海舉行的全國高等藝術院校第一次二胡教材會議和第四屆「上海之春」二胡比賽，並主編了全國高等藝術院校的《二胡曲選》與二胡比賽新作品選集《二胡曲十首》的出版。
LU Xiu-tang
LU Xiu-tang was born in December 1911 in Kunshan, Jiangsu province and passed away on August 31, 1966 in Shanghai. His original names were Bo-ping and Qi-nan. In 1921, he loved the traditional music when he studied in a primary school. In 1924, he was influenced by his secondary school teacher WANG Yun-gong to learn the traditional instruments and to form an ensemble together with his classmate DING Shan-de. In 1927, he learned the erhu under ZHANG Ji-rang. In 1930, he learned the erhu pieces of LIU Tian-hua by himself through the copies from DING Shan-de. In 1933, he was admitted to the National Shanghai Music Training Institute learning the pipa from ZHU Ying. In 1942, he returned to his homeland and taught music there. His techniques in erhu and his maiden composition Homesick were both well received. In 1951, he was appointed to the music department of the Eastern China University as associate professor. In 1956, he was transferred to the Beijing Arts Academy as a professional erhu teacher. In 1958, he was appointed the chief officer to the traditional music department of the Shanghai Conservatory. Over there, he has trained up many students including WU Zhi-min, LIN Xin-ming, LIU Bing-shu, HU Zu-ting and WU Gan-bo, etc. In 1961 and 1963, he has organized the 1st Conference of National Erhu Teaching Materials for the Conservatories and the national erhu competition of the 4th Shanghai Spring Festival, respectively. He has also edited and published the books Selection of Erhu Pieces and the Ten Pieces on Erhu.