刘长福，一九四四年八月生于天津，原籍河北省静海县，一九五六年，考入中央音乐学院少年班（后改为附中）学习二胡专业，一九六三年毕业后至一九七九年间，在内蒙古艺术学院任二胡专业教员，一九七九年，考入中央音乐学院研究生班，师从著名理论家、民族音乐教育家蓝玉崧教授学习二胡的演奏、教学与理论研究，一九八一年，毕业后获硕士学位并留校任教，是中国大陆第一位获得硕士学位的二胡演奏家、民族音乐教育家，现为中央音乐学院教授、硕士生导师、中国音乐家协会二胡学会副会长、中国民族管弦乐学会常务理事、胡琴专业委员会副会长。
LIU Chang-Fu
LIU Chang-fu was born in August 1944 in Tianjin, Hebei province and his ancestral home was in Jinghai, Hebei province. In 1956, he was admitted to the affiliated secondary school of Central Conservatory. After his graduation in 1963 till 1969, he taught the erhu performing in Inner Mongolia Arts Institute. In 1979, he became a postgraduate in Central Conservatory, studying erhu performing, education and theory under LAN Yu-song. In 1981, he got his master degree and stayed in the conservatory as a teacher. Now he is an associate professor in the department of Chinese music of Central Conservatory, the postgraduate instructor, the vice chairman of the Erhu Academy of the China Musicians’ Association, the administrative director of China Folk Orchestral Music Academy and the vice chairman of Erhu Professional Committee.