三弦演奏家、教育家李乙，一九三二年二月十日出生于上海浦东，二零一九年十二月五日逝世于上海。一九四四年，李氏参加新四军后调入革命文艺团体——新安旅行团，从事三弦演奏专业，期间向晋、冀、鲁、豫的民间艺人学习说唱艺术和民间音乐，一九四九年，随中国人民解放军进入上海，以军方文艺工作者的身份，参加了由何士德指挥的《黄河大合唱》等演出，并开始向上海市工部局交响乐团小提琴演奏家郑金銮学习小提琴及西洋音乐理论。一九五三年，参加慰问第三团赴朝鲜慰问，以三弦独奏的形式为志愿军服务，一九五六年，赴北京参加全国专业音乐舞蹈会演，演奏《十八板》、《大浪淘沙》、《黄河之水天上来》、《春江花月夜》等曲目，获得专家的肯定，中央人民广播电台，录音并灌制了第一张三弦独奏的唱片向全国发行，并以《三弦能手》为题，专文介绍李乙和他演奏的曲目，由中国广播电台国际部向全世界广播，从此确立了三弦这个乐器在国内外的地位和影响。
LI Yi
LI Yi was born on February 10, 1932 in Pudong, Shanghai and passed away on December 5, 2019 in Shanghai. In 1944, he joined the cultural and art troupe of the Chinese Army as a sanxian player. At the same time, he learned the traditional music and versified story singing from the folk musicians of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. In 1949, he followed the People’s Liberation Army to Shanghai and participated in the performance of the Yellow River Cantata conducted by HE Shi-de. He then learned the violin and theory under ZHENG Jin-luan of the Symphony of the Work Office of Shanghai. Since 1953, he has participated in many performances and was well received. His performance catalogue included Pattern of Eighteen, Waves Washing the Beach, The Water of the Yellow River is Coming from the Sky, Moonlight over the River in Spring, etc. The Central Broadcasting Station recorded his performing pieces and broadcasted locally and abroad. At the same time, he published his first traditional sanxian record. From then on, he has had great affection in the field of sanxian at home and aboard.