青年古筝演奏家，河南南阳（蒙古族）人，自幼习筝，曾得到十多位民间筝家的指导，有深厚的河南筝曲基础。一九八一年，考入南阳艺术学校，随著名筝家赵曼琴先生学习，一九八六年，他以其全新的高难度技法首演了《打虎上山》以及《井岗山上太阳红》等筝曲，轰动了中国首届古筝学术交流会，受到海内外同仁注目。其后考入中国音乐学院，师从著名筝教育家李婉芬教授，一九八九年，参加“ART”杯中国乐器国际比赛，在青年专业组决赛中获奖，一九九五年“国际中国民族器乐独奏大赛”，王中山以其精湛的技艺获得了古筝项目的第一名。王中山现为中国音乐学院古筝教师，在古筝演奏技法上他有许多新的创意，如开拓性地运用了左右手轮指、弹轮等技巧，丰富了筝的表现力。
WANG Zhong-shan
WANG Zhong-shan is of Mongolian descent, but was born in Henan province. He started to study the zheng in his childhood, and has received the guidance of a dozen of zheng players. He is deeply rooted in the Henan School of zheng playing. In 1981, he entered Nanyang Art School, studying under the zheng player ZHAO Man-qin. In 1986 he played the premieres of Defeating the Tiger on the Mountain and Red Sun over Jinggang Mountain with newly invented difficult techniques, and attracted the attention of many. Afterwards, he entered the China Conservatory, studying under the zheng player LI Wan-fen. In 1989 he was awarded in the “ART” Cup Instrumental Competition. In 1995 he won the first prize in the zheng section of an international Chinese instrumental competition. WANG Zhong-shan is now a zheng teacher of the China Conservatory. He is innovative in the use of techniques of zheng playing, and pioneered the use of cyclic fingering on the zheng to enrich its expressive ability.