陈振铎，号晨明，字宣文，一九○五年一月三日出生于山东省淄博市临淄区齐都镇邵家圈村，一九九九年十一月八日因突发性心脏病，逝世于北京。十岁时开始学习民间音乐，一九二八年，考入上海国立音乐院，习钢琴、琵琶、箫、鼓及作曲等。一九二九年九月，转入北平大学艺术学院音乐系，从刘天华学习二胡，从赵丽莲习钢琴；后转入嘉祉教授班学习，又师从张友鹤习七弦琴。一九三二年，在北平大学音乐专科及天津女子师范学院音乐系任教，一九三九年，参加组建青木关国立音乐院并任教授，其后又受聘为南京国立音乐院教授、国立女子师范学校及安徽师范学院音乐系教授，一九五○年，任北京中央音乐学院教授、系主任，一九五八年，任天津音乐学院教授，一九六一年，调任中央民族学院教授，任民族音乐教研室主任，一九八二年，为北京二胡研究会及中国民族乐器学会顾问，又任中国音协二胡学会名誉会长、中国管弦乐协会名誉顾问，并为中央民族学院学术委员会及学位评审委员会委员。
CHEN Zhen-duo
CHEN Zhen-duo was born on January 3, 1905 in Zibo, Shandong province and passed away of heart disease on November 8, 1999 in Beijing. He learned the traditional music when he was ten. In 1928, he was admitted to the National Shanghai Conservatory learning the piano, pipa, xiao, percussion and composition. In 1929, he was admitted to the music department of the Beijing University Arts Academy learning the erhu under LIU Tian-hua, the piano under ZHAO Li-lian and the guqin under ZHANG you-he. Since 1932, he was appointed to teach in the high-level educational units. In 1950, he was appointed as professor of Central Conservatory and in 1958, the professor of the Tianjin Conservatory. In 1961, he was transferred to the Central Nationalities Institute as professor and officer of the music research unit. In 1982, he was the consultants of the many erhu research units.