馬杰先生，號石青，南京人氏，一九五七年出生，少時好墨弄琴，師從張正吟先生學習國畫及古琴，一九七六年從學於龔一先生，又得前輩樂人程午嘉、甘濤、張銳、梅曰強、林友仁等，悉心指導，先後參加了第二屆、第三屆的全國古琴打譜會，發表了論文《古琴繼承與創新》等。一九九二年，獲得杭州古琴邀請賽的“優秀演奏獎”。現為中國琴會常務理事，中國民族管弦樂學會古琴專家委員會委員，南京幽蘭文化藝術中心主任，幽蘭琴社社長。
MA Jie was born in 1957 in Nanjing. His first name is Jie and alias Shiqing. He is fond of qin and Chinese painting. During his childhood, he studied painting and the qin under ZHANG Zheng-yin. In 1976, he studied the qin under GONG Yi. After that, he visited many other musicians like CHENG Wu-jia, GAN Tao. ZHANG Rui, MEI Yue-qiang and LIN You-ren to enrich his knowledge. He has taken part in the second and third National Transcription of Qin Music Meeting. In 1992, he won the “Excellent Performance” award in the Invitation of Guqin Competition in Hangzhou.