Lu Xiutang, courtesy name Qi Nan, is a native of Kunshan, Jiangsu. Erhu performer and music educator. In August 1932, he applied for a position as a music teacher at the Provincial Suzhou Middle School, and served as the artistic director and conductor of the Wuping Music Troupe. In 1942, he was transferred to the Central Military Academy's Central Training Corps music instructor. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, engaged in music teaching.

Lu Xiutang is not only good at playing, but also able to compose music. The Erhu piece "Nostalgic Journey" is her debut and the most famous work. In the music industry, it is called "the master of Erhu", and there has always been a saying of "North Jiang and South Lu".

Lu Xiutang self-taught Erhu and can sing Kunqu Opera.

In August 1932, he applied for a position as a music teacher at the Provincial Suzhou Middle School, and served as the artistic director and conductor of the Wuping Music Troupe.

After the war of resistance against Japan began, he served as an officer in the music group of the Central Cantonese Radio Station, and then moved to Chongqing, where he often participated in performances to encourage patriotic soldiers and civilians with the erhu solo. His unique technique, fingering, and orderly inflection, distant and elegant violin sound were famous among all classes in Sichuan, so that the American envoys and officers in China at that time were also amazed, and they were puzzled that the simple structure of the erhu was better than the violin.

In 1942, he was transferred to the Central Military Academy's Central Training Corps music instructor.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, engaged in music teaching.

After 1949, he successively served as an associate professor of the Music Department of East China Normal University in Shanghai, an associate professor of the Music Department of Beijing Art Normal University, an associate professor of the Folk Music Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, a member of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and a director of the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Musicians Association.

Lu Xiutang has been in music education for a long time, and his greatest achievement is to make the erhu rise from the status of an accompaniment instrument to a solo instrument. Over the years, he has cultivated a group of high-level musical talents in the teaching of ethnic instrumental erhu, and has made beneficial contributions to the development of my country's ethnic music culture and music education. His students Wang Yi and Xiang Zuying are all accomplished performers.