王惠然;
柳琴、琵琶演奏家、作曲家、指揮家王惠然，一九三六年十二月十日生於上海，原籍浙江鎮海。十三歲開始自學琵琶、月琴等彈絃樂器及蘇州彈詞。一九五三年，他不顧家庭反對，高中未畢業即輟學，先後入上海春江、群立、文華越劇團及山東單縣越劇團任職。一九五六年四月，入北京公安軍文工團，師從李廷松習琵琶。一九五八年七月，調濟南軍區前衛歌舞團民族樂團，歷任獨奏演員、彈撥樂聲部長、首席、教員、藝術指導、指揮等職。一九九七年，任珠海女子室內中樂團藝術總監、指揮。王氏為一級作曲、中國民族管弦樂學會常務理事、中國柳琴學會會長、作曲及指揮專業委員會常務理事。一九七五年，因手疾而放棄演奏生涯，轉投作曲與指揮。王氏的學生遍及中國二十多個省市，港澳台地區，以及美國、新加坡等地，培養出王紅藝、花曉榮（均為一級演奏員）徐仕瑛（高雄）林靜慧（台北）等一批高級人才。曾多次出任全國和國際比賽評委。
WANG Hui-ran
WANG Hui-ran is a famous composer, conductor, instrumentalist and instrument reformer. He was born in Shanghai on December 10, 1936. Since his childhood, he has been very interest in traditional music. At the age of 13, he started to learn the pipa and yueqin by himself. He has taken part in various traditional musical activities including Chinese operas and ensembles, in which his solid foundation of traditional music was laid. He was admitted into the Beijing Military Orchestra as a pipa soloist in 1956. The orchestra was very enthusiastic in training him, and employed Professor LI Ting-song to teach him the pipa for half a year. In 1957, he took part in the 6th Global Youth Festival in Moscow and was well received. In 1958, he joined the Jinan Progressive Dance Company. Since the 60’s, WANG Hui-ran started composing outstanding works for the audience to match the achievements in his instrument reformation of Liuqin.