刘湘，著名胡琴演奏家，国家一级演奏员，中国音乐家协会理事，中国胡琴专业委员会理事，CCTV全国民族乐器大赛评委，曾任中国煤矿文工团民族乐团团长，现任音乐总监、指挥，曾任中央民族乐团“喜洋洋室内乐团”团长等职务。
刘湘从小随父亲---中国弓弦乐大师刘明源先生学习演奏胡琴。1983年获得中国人民解放军艺术学院器乐演奏专业大专学历，2010年获得中国音乐学院艺术硕士“MFA”学位。曾获全军文艺汇演优秀演奏奖，1995年“富利通杯”中国民族乐器国际独奏大赛荣获银奖。1987年进入中央民族乐团，担任高胡、板胡演奏员，多年来出访了世界各地数十个国家，其中在美国卡内基音乐厅、奥地利维也纳金色大厅、纽约联合国大厦、林肯艺术中心的演出担任独奏，多年来在海内外举办了多场“刘湘胡琴独奏音乐会”，出版了多张个人独奏CD专辑，出版了刘明源胡琴集上、下册和刘明源民族器乐小合奏专辑，主持创作、编排和指挥了多部入选国家艺术基金支持的大型音乐创作项目，获得了极高的赞誉。
Liu Xiang is a renowned huqin performer, a National First-Class Performer, a council member of the Chinese Musicians Association, a council member of the China Huqin Professional Committee, and a judge for the CCTV National Ethnic Instruments Competition. He previously served as the director of the Ethnic Orchestra of the China Coal Mine Art Troupe and currently holds the positions of Music Director and Conductor. He has also previously served as the director of the "Xiyangyang Chamber Orchestra" under the Central National Orchestra.
Liu Xiang began learning the huqin from her father, Mr.Liu Mingyuan, a renowned master of Chinese string instruments, at a young age. In 1983, she obtained an associate degree in instrumental performance from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, and in 2010, she earned an Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from the China Conservatory of Music. She has received the Outstanding Performance Award at the Military Cultural Festival and won the silver medal at the "Fulitong Cup" International Solo Competition for Chinese Traditional Instruments in 1995. In 1987, she joined the Central National Orchestra as a gaohu and banhu performer. Over the years, she has performed solo at dozens of venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall in the United States, the Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria, the United Nations Building in New York, and the Lincoln Center. She has also organized numerous "Liu Xiang Huqin Solo Concerts" both domestically and internationally, released several personal solo CD albums, published the two volumes of Liu Mingyuan's Huqin Collection and his small ensemble albums of traditional Chinese instruments, and led the composition, arrangement, and conducting of multiple large-scale musical projects supported by the National Art Fund, earning widespread acclaim.（注：来自智能翻译）
