張強:
青年琵琶演奏始家張強，一九六五年出生於陝西省西安市。六歲開學習鋼琴；九歲隨其父張棣華（西安音樂學院副教授）學習琵琶；一九七八年，考入中央音樂學院附中，先後從師吳俊生、鄺宇忠、李光華等諸位名師，並經常從游於劉德海先生；一九八三年，升入中央音樂學院本科，從師陳澤民先生；一九八七年，畢業並留校工作。一九八七年，參加全國廣東音樂演奏邀請賽，獲一等獎；一九八九年，獲全國民族器樂「山城杯」電視大獎賽琵琶組三等獎；同年，獲得第一屆「ART」杯中國樂器國際比賽琵琶青年專業組二等獎；一九九二年，參加第二屆海內外江南絲竹演奏比賽，獲一等獎；一九九三年，赴台灣參加「第一屆台北市民族器樂協奏大賽」，獲第一名，同時獲協奏曲《花木蘭》最佳演奏獎及海外地區最佳演奏獎。張強現為中國民族管弦樂學會會員，中央音樂學院民樂系講師，中央音樂學院實驗樂團琵琶獨奏演員。
ZHANG Qiang
ZHANG Qiang was born in Xi’an in 1965. He started his piano learning at 6 and started to learn to play pipa from his father, an associate professor Xi’an Conservatory of Music. He was admitted to the School attached to Central Conservatory of Music in 1978, following the instruction of WU Jun-sheng, KWONG Yu-zhong and LI Guang-hua and receiving tutoring from LIU De-hai. He entered the Central Conservatory of Music in 1983 and became a teacher in the school after graduation in 1987. He won the first prize in the National Guangdong Music Contest in 1987. In 1989, he was awarded a third prize in National Folk Music Instrument Contest. In the same year, he won the second prize of Professional Group in the “ART” International Chinese Music Instrument Contest. In 1992, he participated the Second Jiangnan Si Zhu International Contest and out performed all other competitors. He went to Taiwan in 1993 and won the first prize in the First Taipei Municipal Folk Music Instrument Contest. ZHANG is now a member of Chinese Folk Wind and String Music Association, lecturer in Central Conservatory of Music and pipa soloist in Experimental Orchestra of Central Conservatory of Music.