宋国生，一九三八年十一月八日出生于河北省乐亭县李家寺村一农民家庭。宋氏自幼受家乡乐亭皮影、大鼓、评戏、吹歌等民间音乐薰陶，一九五六年，中学毕业后，即考入河北天津师范学院音乐系，师从吉桂珍、丁铛学习二胡演奏。一九六一年，宋氏从师院易名之天津音乐学院毕业并留校任教，又从刘明源、蓝玉崧进修。一九六三年五月，参加第四届“上海之春”首届全国二胡比赛获三等奖和新作品《河南小曲》优秀演奏奖。一九七六年起，历任天津音乐学院器乐系、民乐系副主任、主任、教授、硕士生导师，从教数十年，首先开设了“民族器乐表演艺术”理论课程，创作二胡练习曲百馀首，创用双跳、双抖及轮弓等新技法。二胡教学自成体系。集神、气体态与艺术表现为一体的教学法。培养了包括宋飞等在内的不少优秀的青年二胡演奏家。获中国乐器比赛“园丁奖”、天津市“教学楷模”称号和文化部“区永熙优秀音乐教育奖”。
SONG Guo-sheng
SONG Guo-sheng was born on November 8, 1938 in Leting, Hebei province. Since his childhood, he was influenced by his hometown native folk music and arts. In 1956, he was admitted to the music department of the Tianjin Teachers’ Training College of Hebei Province (later renamed Tianjin Conservatory) learning the erhu under JI Gui-zhen and DING Dang. In 1961, he graduated from the conservatory and further studied under LIU Ming-yuan and LAN Yu-song. In 1963, he was selected to participate in the 4th Shanghai Spring Festival’s national erhu competition. He won the third prize and the outstanding new work performance prize. Since 1976, he has been head of the department of instrumental music and Chinese music of the Tianjin Conservatory and in addition to the posts of professor and postgraduate instructor for more than thirty years. He has created many new techniques on the erhu and has trained up many award-winning performers including SONG Fei. He has gotten the fame of “The Gardener to Reward”.