Wang Huiran, (1936-), Zhenhai, Zhejiang. Famous Chinese folk musician, liuqin, pipa player, composer.

Wang Huiran has been fond of folk music since he was a child, and since he was 13 years old, he has taught himself national musical instruments such as Pipa and Yueqin.

In 1953, the Yue Opera fever swept across China. Wang Huiran and his companions organized the "Xinyin Yue Opera Music Group" and were admitted to the Shanxian Yue Opera Troupe in 1955.

On the basis of the traditional pipa technique, Wang Huiran creatively used the food, middle, nameless and little fingers to play the outer strings, freeing the thumb to play the inner strings to produce a polyphonic effect, which became a new technique "four-finger wheel", which further expanded. Due to the expressive power of the pipa, in April 1956, he was admitted to the Beijing Public Security Army Art Troupe as a pipa solo performer. The troupe attached great importance to his training, and hired Professor Li Tingsong of Harbin Art Institute to teach him to learn pipa, which lasted half a year and laid a good foundation. His playing is full of passion and his handling is delicate.

In 1957, Wang Huiran went to Moscow to participate in the 6th World Youth Festival as a member of the Chinese Art Troupe. His lute solo has won wide acclaim from friends in the Soviet Union and other countries for his superb skills and unique style. The Moscow Radio Station also recorded his performances of "House of Flying Daggers", "White Snow in the Spring", "Song on the Cover" and China's first multi-part pipa solo, "Four Finger Wheels" new work "Dancing under the Moon", Reputation soared.

In July 1958, the Public Security Army Art Troupe was cancelled, and Wang Huiran, together with most of the troupe, was transferred to the Jinan Military Region Avant-garde Song and Dance Troupe.

In 1960, based on the music of the Yi nationality, he composed the pipa solo "Dance of the Yi Nationality", which is known as the "Excellent Chinese Music". This is a piece of pipa that has far-reaching influence in the history of the development of contemporary Chinese pipa. The beautiful tune has always been heard, and it has been widely circulated and has become a compulsory piece of music for pipa players. Its emergence is of great significance to the creation of pipa music, the innovation of performance techniques, and the development and expansion of the performance range of pipa solo music. After that, he composed pipa solo pieces such as "Jiangnan March" and "Golden Years".

At the end of 1958, the first three-string high-pitched liuqin was successfully trial-produced. The sound range has changed from narrow to wide, and the timbre has changed from muffled to bright. It has become a high-pitched plucked instrument with smooth transition and strong granularity, which solves the problem of the obvious lack of high-pitched instruments in the plucked part of the national orchestra. Later, he participated in the production of the four-string high-pitched liuqin, which elevated the liuqin to the status of a solo instrument. His reform achievements won the "First Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Culture".

Wang Huiran served as the “National Folk Instrumental Music Solo Observation Conference” in 1982, the “Second National Children’s Folk Instrumental Music Competition” in 1988, the “ART Cup of China Musical Instrument International Competition” in 1988, and the “Sixth China Works (Folk Music Competition” by the Ministry of Culture in 1989. ) Competition" judges.