吳玉霞:
琵琶演奏家吳玉霞,一九五九年十月出生於上海。得衛祖光及楊承業啟蒙,習琵琶。一九七七年,在北京舞蹈學院音樂班就讀,後入中央音樂學院民族音樂系,修讀琵琶專業,一九八六年畢業。在京期間,師從趙忠達、吳國梁、陳澤民、劉德海、李光祖及李光華等。吳氏現為北京中央民族樂團琵琶首席、彈撥樂聲部長,國家一級演奏員。一九八○年,在首屆全國琵琶比賽中獲二等獎,一九八七年,被評為文化部尖子演員,三度應邀往日本舉行獨奏音樂會。其作品有琵琶曲《聽雨》、《律動》、《風戲柳》及《故園情》等。錄製個人專輯音帶、唱片《敦煌古樂‧琵琶卷》、《情寄長白山》等多輯。
WU Yu-xia
In October 1959, pipa performer WU Yu-xia was born in Shanghai. When she was a child, she studied the pipa under WEI Zu-guang and YANG Cheng-ye, etc. Then she entered the Central Conservatory, studing under LIU De-hai, LI Guang-hua, CHEN Ze-min, LI Guang-zu, WU Guo-liang, ZHAO Zhong-da, who are famous pipa players. In 1980, she won an award in the first national pipa competition, and was recognized by the Cultural Ministry to be one of the top artists. WU Yu-xia not only often participated in many major performances within the country, she also has given various successful recitals. In 1992 she was selected to be one of the first ten Mainland China artists visiting Taiwan.