鲁日融，一九三三年六月出生于湖北汉水河畔均县（今丹江口市）小城，家乡的民歌小调与縴夫号子伴随其童年。一九四九年秋，鲁氏参加开赴陝南地区的文艺工作队。一九五一年，考入西北艺术学院音乐系，一九五四年毕业。先后在西北艺术学院、西安音乐学院任教、历任民族音乐系主任、副院长、硕士研究生导师、兼任西安交通大学兼职教授、陝西省民族管弦乐学会会长、中国音乐家协会民族音乐委员会副主任。一九六三年五月，参加第四届“上海之春”全国首届二胡比赛，以演奏他创作的西秦风格作品《迷胡调》及《秦腔主题随想曲》（合作）而获新作品演奏优秀奖。
LU Ri-rong
LU Ri-rong was born in June 1933 in Jun (now Dan Jiang Kou), Hubei province. In his hometown, there were full of folk songs and chants of craftsmen during his childhood. In 1949, he joined the Art Performance Team of south Shaanxi. In 1951, he was admitted to the music department of the Northwest Arts Academy till his graduation in 1954. He then successively taught in the Northwest Arts Academy, the Xi’an Conservatory and the Xi’an Communication University. He is now the president of the Shaanxi Traditional and Orchestral Music Association and also the assistant director of the committee of national music of the Chinese Musicians’ Association. In 1963, he was selected to participate in the 4th Shanghai Spring Festival’s national erhu competition. He performed his Shaanxi style works Meihu Tune and Capriccio on a Qinqiang Theme and won the outstanding new work performance prize.