113 years ago today, on May 7, 1912 (March 21, 1912 in the lunar calendar), the violinist, composer, and music educator Ma Sicong was born. Ma Sicong (1912-1987), violinist, composer, and music educator. Haifeng, Guangdong. Born on May 7, 1912, in a deep house compound on Youshi Street, Haifeng County, Guangdong. In 1923, at the age of 11, Ma Sicong came to France with his eldest brother and studied violin at the Nanxi Conservatory of Music and the Paris Conservatory of Music. In early 1929, he returned to China due to a sudden change in his family. He performed in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places, and was known as a "music prodigy". After 1930, he went to France again and studied composition from Binembaum. In 1931, with official funding from the Guangdong Provincial Government, he went to study in France again. The following year, he returned to China and served as the dean of China's first modern "private music academy". He mainly performed in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nanjing, Peiping and other places. At the same time, he taught at the Guangzhou Conservatory of Music and the Music Department of the School of Education of Central University. In 1932, Ma Sicong married his female disciple Wang Muli. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, he continued to perform frequently in southern and southwestern China for many years, and successively served as a professor at Sun Yat-sen University, conductor of the Chinese Symphony Orchestra, and director of the Guiyang Art Museum. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, he successively served as conductor of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, director of the Guangzhou Art and Music Department, president of the Shanghai Chinese Music School, and After 1950, he served as the first president of the Central Conservatory of Music, and also served as the vice chairperson of the Chinese Musicians Association and the editor-in-chief of "Music Creation". Due to the Cultural Revolution, in January 1967, he settled in the United States and engaged in composition and teaching. He died in Philadelphia on May 20, 1987. On December 14, 2007, Ma Sicong's ashes were buried in Guangzhou, 20 years after his exotic death. On the same day, the debut ceremony of "The Complete Works of Ma Sicong" was held at the Guangzhou Art Museum. Premier Zhou said before his death: "There are two things I deeply regret in my life, one of which is that Ma Sicong left his hometown in his 50s to go to the United States. I am very sad." Ma Sicong is guiding students from the High School Affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music to practice the piano