Gu Guanren is a composer who has made remarkable achievements in the realm of Chinese instrumental music. He was at different times of his career Head of the Artistic Consultative Committee, Concertmaster and Artistic Director of the Shanghai National Music Orchestra. He is a National Class One Composer, Vice President of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society and a director of the Chinese Musicians' Association.

Gu's compositions are rich in ethnic colours but without losing its modern touch. In recent years, Gu has played an active role in conducting Chinese orchestras. He has given successful concerts with Taipei Municipal Chinese Classical Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Macao Chinese Orchestra and Taiwan National Chinese Orchestra. The Shanghai National Music Orchestra, under his baton, has performed on many major occasions with resounding success.

Zhou Yanjia is a famous teacher, recitalist and revivalist of the zheng. He was presented with a Lifelong Achievement Award by the China Nationalities Orchestra Society for his contribution to zheng music. For many decades, he has been propounding the need to revive the Shaanxi school of zheng music in its place of origin, to uphold the Shaanxi zheng tradition and to rejuvenate its stylistic school.

His composition, Song of the Mulberry Fields in Shaanxi , won a 'Shancheng Cup' Class One Award for Originality, presented by CCTV in 1989. Other compositions include Tears of Meng Jiang Nu, A Desolate Song, Song of a Hundred Flowers and The Gold Embroidered Plaque. He is currently a member of the Chinese Musicians' Association, Honorary Director of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, Vice President of the Zheng Professional Committee, Chief Editor of Qinzheng, professor at the Xian Conservatory of Music and former Head of the Department of Folk Music.

Yang Xiuming is a famous Chaozhou zheng recitalist, and has taught at the China Conservatory for two tenures. Many of his students have made remarkable achievements in the field.

Apart from music, Yang is also a fine painter. His endowments and dedicated artistic pursuit have enabled him to merge the two art forms and re-express them through his own interpretations. His knowledge of Chinese chan (or zen) studies also gives his music a new aesthetics that is above the mundane, helping the listener to arrive at transcendental states of tranquility, enlightenment and wisdom. His recording releases include two solo albums in CD format, both on Buddhist themes.

Luo Jing started to play zheng at ten. She entered the Department of Folk Music of the Conservatory proper in 1992, graduating with distinction in 1995, one year ahead of the full term. She joined the Shanghai National Music Orchestra in the same year as zheng soloist. She has been a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra since 2002. In 2003, she started teaching in the Music Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Trained by virtuosi throughout her studies. By incorporating the different styles of the traditional zheng schools, Luo is able to come into her own - a tranquil, relaxed and refreshing artistic style.

Currently the Section Leader (Wind) cum Dizi Principal of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and also an instructor at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, guest instructor and supervisor of postgraduate students studying for a Master's degree at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music. Sun Yongzhi graduated from the Xi'an Conservatory of Music in 1982 with distinction. He was a protege of dizi maestro Zhao Songting.

Sun is also an active performer on the stage. He has recorded for many films and television and cut cassette tape recordings and CDs. He published a number of articles, including The Northern and Southern Styles of the Dizi, On the Intonation of the Dizi and graded teaching materials for dizi examinations (Vol.1-8).