张锐,著名作曲家、二胡演奏家1920年生于云南昆明,1938年参加中国共产党,在昆明地下党领导下投入了抗日救亡运动。后来长期在部队从事音乐创作,曾任中国音乐家协会理事、江苏音乐家协会副主席、前线歌舞团团长。现被聘为南京师范大学音乐学院及南京艺术学院客座教授。 Zhang Rui, a famous composer and erhu musician, was born in Kunming, Yunnan Province in 1920 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938, putting into operation the anti-Japanese national salvation movement under the leadership of the underground party in Kunming. Later, he was engaged in music creation for a long time in the army. He was a member of China Musicians Association, vice chairman of Jiangsu Musicians Association and head of the frontline song and dance troupe. Now hired as Nanjing Normal University Conservatory of Music and Nanjing Institute of the Arts visiting professor.