陳重:
国乐演奏家陈重,一九一九年出生于上海浦东杨家渡,二零零二年病逝于上海。陈氏自幼即受舅父蒋龙生影响,爱好管弦丝竹,十一岁时,随舅父习二胡与笛,一九三四年参加浦东地区的「恬乐国乐研究社」(后易名为「梅友国乐社」),一九三五年,入上海友声旅行团国乐组,得前辈丝竹音乐家金忠信及任光、林之音的赐教,又先后向孙裕德、张子谦、吴景略习琵琶、箫、埙与古琴等,刻苦磨练,技艺日进。一九四一年,与孙裕德等五人组上海「国乐研究会」,并参加「今虞琴社」。一九五二年,在「今虞琴社」的古乐演奏会上,用高价购得从清宫外流的朱红描金古埙演奏《阳关三叠》、《关山月》、《普庵咒》等古曲,获特殊良好效果,萌改革之想,后研制成九孔及十孔陶埙,自编乐曲,并授于徒。一九五六年秋开始,先后在沈阳音乐学院、天津音乐学院、中央音乐学院、中央民族学院及中国人民解放军艺术学院专任或兼任笛、箫、琵琶与古琴等教学至退休。陈氏曾改编苏南吹打《大步步高》,撰《介绍古琴》及《怎样吹箫》(合作)等著作。
CHEN Zhong
CHEN Zhong was born in 1919 in Pudong, Shanghai and passed away of illness in 2002. Since his childhood, his music talent was affected by his uncle JIANG Long-sheng. At the age of eleven, he started to learn the erhu and dizi under his uncle. In1934, he joined the Tian Le Music Research Society (later changed name to Mei You Music Society) of Pudong. In 1935, he joined the Shanghai You Sheng Tour Music Society and learned traditional music from JIN Zhong-xin, REN Guang and LIN Zhi-yin. He also learned the pipa, xiao, xun and guqin under SUN Yu-de, ZHANG Zi-qian and WU Jing-lue, respectively. In 1941, he, SUN Yu-de and other five persons founded the Music Research Society of Shanghai, he also joined the Jinyu Qin Musicians’ Association. In 1952, he used his valuable xun from the Qing palace to perform Yangguan in Three Tiers, Moon over the Fortified Pass and Pu-an’s Incantation in the concert organized by Jinyu Qin Musicians’ Association. Later on, he started to research and reform the xun to nine and ten holes. In 1956, he taught in the Shenyang Conservatory, Tianjin Conservatory, Central Conservatory, etc., respectively on the dizi, xiao, pipa and guqin until his retirement.