江先渭:
笛子演奏家江先渭,一九二四年出生於山東威海一盛行京劇之村落,二零一四年逝世。江氏幼時隨兄長習京胡、竹笛、嗩呐等樂器。稍長,即往大連「福記班」從事「舊藝」生涯四年。一九四七年參軍,在山東軍區學兵訓練處文工團服役,一九五五年,調華東野戰軍文工團歌舞團,該團後易為南京軍區前線歌舞團,江氏在此任職多年,直至離休。一九六○年代初,江氏以昆曲曲調創作笛曲《姑蘇行》,數十年來,流行海內外。一九九四年,該曲原譜由在滬英國留學生約翰‧斯多克改編為長笛曲樂譜,一併收入,英國斯考特公司出版之《中國長笛音樂》樂譜,一九六二年,又與龍飛、朱南溪合作,創作笛曲《腳踏水車唱豐收》。
JIANG Xian-wei
JIANG Xian-wei was born in 1924 in Weihai, Shandong province and passed away in 2014. When he was young, he started to learn the jinghu, dizi, suona, etc. from his elder brother. He used the old techniques to work in Dalian for four years. In 1947, he joined the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and was appointed to the song and dance troupe under the Shandong military region. In 1955, he was transferred to the Song and Dance Troupe of the East China Military Force until his retirement. In the early 1960s, he composed the Travel in Suzhou according to the Kunqu melody which was then well received and was popular everywhere. In 1994, this piece was transcribed to a flute piece by a overseas student in Shanghai and later be published in England. In 1962, he, LONG Fei and ZHU Nan-xi worked together to compose a dixi piece Harvest Song on a Paddle-wheel.