高胡演奏家余其伟，一九五三年十月二日生于广东开平，一九七五年，毕业于广东人民艺术学院音乐系，主修高胡。曾师从黄日进、刘天一、朱海学习高胡，又师从张韶学习二胡，及后得王宜勤、闵惠芬、骆津及沉伟指导。一九八二年，获全国民乐独奏观摩比赛一等奖，一九八九年，获首届中国金唱片奖（高胡独奏《鸟投林》），同年国务院表彰为“我国表演艺术突出贡献专家”，以及被评为国家一级演奏员。一九七五年至二○○○年，余氏先后任广东省歌舞剧院民族乐团首席、独奏演员及艺术指导、广州乐团民族乐团团长等职务，二○○二年，任教于星海音乐学院，主持“星海音乐学院余其伟广东音乐研究室”，二○○四年，任香港演艺学院中乐系系主任，多次赴欧美、东南亚多个国家及香港、澳门、台湾、国内各地演奏及讲学。
YU Qi-wei
YU Qi-wei was born on October 2, 1953 in Kaiping, Guangdong province. In 1975, he graduated from Guangdong People’s Art Academy of Music, majoring in gaohu. He learned the gaohu from HUANG Ri-jin, LIU Tian-yi, ZHU Hai and the erhu from ZHANG Shao and latter followed with WANG Yi-qin, MIN Hui-fen, LUO Jin and SHEN Wei for instructs. In 1982, he attained the national folk music solo competition and awarded the first prize. Later on, he was appointed the national first class performer. Between 1975 and 2000, he was the concertmaster, soloist and art director of the traditional orchestra of the Song and Dance Troupe of Guangdong Province and also the director of the traditional orchestra attached to Guangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2002, he taught in the Xinghai Conservatory and in charge the Cantonese music research unit. In 2004, he jointed the Chinese music department of the Academy of Performing Arts, Hong Kong as the officer-in-charge.