汉乐筝家饶宁新，一九四三年出生于广东大埔一音乐世家，少时即从其父——汉乐演奏家饶从举习乐。一九五九年，考入广州音乐专科学校附中，师从潮州筝家苏文贤及汉乐筝家罗九香。一九六五年，大学毕业后，在四川音乐学院任教，后转职到广东音乐曲艺团。之后，长期在广州星海音乐学院任教，曾培养出一批古筝专业演奏和教学人才，不少学生在国内外比赛中获奖。此外，他还经常在京、穗、港、澳、台等地院校讲学或交流演出。他曾参加香港政府举办的《南北四大筝派汇演》、《中国名音乐家系列音乐会首场——饶宁新古筝独奏会》、《中港星古筝名家音乐会》、《中国南北古筝名家音乐会》；在北京音乐厅举办的《缔观有情》音乐会；在台北举行的传统艺术季《筝乐名家之夜‧筝韵》；二○○二年，应邀参加港、穗、杭《古筝流派掌门人》音乐会；同年，到上海参加第四届国际艺术节《古筝名家音乐会》。现为星海音乐学院教授，中国音协古筝学会副会长、北京古筝研究会理事等。
RAO Ning-xin
RAO Ning-xin was born in 1943 in Dabu, Guangdong province. He had learned the performing of many traditional instruments from his father RAO Cong-ju since he was young. In 1959, he was admitted to the affiliated middle school of Guangzhou Conservatory learning under SU Wen-xian of the Chaozhou school and LUO Jiu-xiang of the Kejia school. In 1965, he graduated from the university of the conservatory and took the teaching position in Sichuan Conservatory for eight years, later was transferred to the Guangdong Music and Narrative Singing Troupe for six years. Afterwards, he was appointed to the Xinghai Conservatory (formerly the Guangzhou Conservatory) and taught there uptil now. In addition, he was frequently invited by the conservatories and music institutes of Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for lectures and performances. Presently, he is the professor of the Xinghai Conservatory, vice-chairman of the Chinese Zheng Society and the board director of the Beijing Zheng Research Association.