板胡演奏家張長城，一九三三年十月三日出生於陝西省西安市，一九九八年七月十五日病逝於西安。兒時視力受損，高度近視，看書困難，遂向母親提出學板胡，母送其往著名秦腔琴師荊生顏處習中音板胡，三年後在西安的秦腔樂社從事伴奏工作。一九五八年，隨公安軍文工團調濟南軍區前衛歌舞團，翌年，在全軍第二屆文藝匯演中演奏其改編之《繡荷包》及《繡金匾》，獲優秀節目獎。一九六二年，因腦瘤壓迫視線神經而要動手術，手術成功，但一目失明，一目仍高度近視，療養期間，與原野合作創作了板胡曲《紅軍哥哥回來了》及二重奏《對口令》、《抬花轎》等。張氏在板胡的演奏弓法上、指法及音域上，均有突破與發展，又在板胡的改革上亦取得若干已付諸於應用的成果，上世紀五十年代初，即將扁束弓毛及縮緊裝置用於板胡琴弓，並採用鋼弦及金屬纏弦。一九五五年，在秦腔板胡的基礎上，成功改革為次高音板胡，一九五九年，與原野合作，設置了板胡的前共鳴罩。一九六二年，與原野等一起，又將陝西戲曲「碗碗腔」伴奏用板胡改進為中音板胡，不僅為樂隊增添了色彩，並且創造了板胡二重奏的演奏形式。
ZHANG Chang-cheng
ZHANG Chang-cheng was born on October 3, 1933 in Xi’an, Shaanxi province and passed away of illness on July 15, 1998 in Xi’an. He was suffered vision injury, highly short-sighted since his childhood. Hardly study normally, he proposed to his mother to learn the banhu performance. He was then learning the alto banhu under a renowned Shaanxi opera musician JING Sheng-yan and became an accompanist in a Shaanxi opera ensemble after three years. In 1958, he went along with the Song and Dance Troupe of Beijing Public Security Army and transferred to the Progress Chinese Orchestra, Jinan. In 1959, he won the outstanding award in the 2nd Joined Performance of China Armed Forces. In 1962, he had a surgery on his eye sick which led him one eye blinded. During convalesces period, he composed Brother Comes Back and other two duet pieces together with YUAN Ye. His reformation and performing skills gives banhu a successful development. He is the first person to introduce the form of banhu duet in 1962.