笙、蘆笙演奏家、教育家徐超銘，一九四二年十二出生於浙江省天台縣。徐氏自幼喜愛音樂，六歲隨兄習二胡，中學時繼績隨音樂教師邱士幹習二胡。一九五八年，初中畢業後隻身赴上海，以一曲《燭影搖紅》考取上海音樂學院附中，師從王乙。翌年，由於王氏之倡議，學校開設笙演奏專業，在王氏鼓勵下，改學笙演奏專業。先後隨上海民族樂團張新民與上海實驗歌劇院趙鳳印習十七簧笙。一九六二年，附中畢業，直升上音大學部民族音樂系本科，繼從趙鳳印習笙一年，又短期從貴州省歌舞團著名蘆笙演奏家東丹幹習十八管蘆笙。現為中國笙學會副會長、上海音樂學院教授。作品有《送茶》等多首笙曲，又與牟善平、蕭江合作編著《笙練習曲選》一書，著文有《笙的和音與結合音》刊《音樂藝術》一九九一年第四期、《笙演奏技術的創新》刊《音樂藝術》一九九七年第一期。
XU Chao-ming
XU Chao-ming was born in December, 1942 in Tiantai county, Zhejiang province. At the age of six, he learned the erhu from his elder brother. When he studied in the middle school, he continued to study the erhu under the music teacher QIU Shi-gan. In 1958 after his graduation from junior middle school, he was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory and studied under famous musician WANG Yi. A year after, he was encouraged by WANG Yi, changed his study-subject from the erhu to the newly set-up sheng profession. He then studied the seventeen-reed sheng under ZHANG Xin-min of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and ZHAO Feng-yin of the Experimental Opera House of Shanghai. In 1962, he graduated from the affiliated secondary and continued to study in the conservatory under ZHAO Feng-yin. He also short-term studied the eighteen-reed lusheng under the renowned musician DONG Dan-gan of the Song and Dance Troupe of Guizhou Province. He is now the vice chairman of the Sheng Academy Society of China, Professor of Shanghai Conservatory. His compositions on the solo sheng included Tea Serving, etc. He also wrote many articles about the sheng which had been published by music magazines.