Chen, Chung-Shen （born 1956）, Founder of Taiwan Bamboo Flute Association, is a composer, Dizi(Chinese flute) and Hsiao performer, conductor and music educator. He was born in Yunlin, Taiwan.

Chen taught himself the Dizi from the age of ten and learned music at and Soochow University. He also studied western flute , music theory, composition and conducting.

In 1989, Chen established the Taipei Folk Chamber Orchestra and was appointed as the conductor with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra in 1992. In 2004, he began teaching at the department of Chinese music at Tainan National University of the Arts. And now, over 1/3 of the dizi professional performers in Taiwan are his students.

In 2008, he developed Chen's semitone flute and obtained patents in both Taiwan and China. He has since made great contributions to education in the Chinese flute.

He is the recipient of the Golden Tripod Award and the Golden Melody Award. In 1992, he was awarded Taiwan’s Top Ten Outstanding Youth Award, and in 1998, the Zhongxing Arts and Culture Award, and in 2019, the National Award for Arts .

Chen’s main compositions include, The Coquette Teases the Doyen for Chinese orchestra（1988）, Playing the Role of Gods（1991） and the musical, At Cross Purposes for Chinese orchestra（1990）.

陳中申（1956生），臺灣笛簫協會創辦人，是一名作曲家、笛簫演奏家、指揮家、音樂教育家。出生於台灣的雲林縣林內鄉。

自十歲開始自學笛子，也修習西洋長笛，音樂理論，理論作曲，指揮。

1989年成立臺北絲竹室內樂團，並於1992年擔任臺北市立國樂團指揮，2004年專任於國立臺南藝術大學中國音樂學系。現今，超過1/3的台灣專業樂團笛子演奏員，都是他的學生。

2008年，他研發陳氏半音笛，於臺灣及中國獲得專利，於笛簫教育卓有貢獻。

曾多次獲得金鼎獎、金曲獎等獎項，更因個人音樂成就而1992年臺灣十大傑出青年、1998年中興文藝獎音樂獎、2019年第21屆國家文藝獎。代表作品有：國樂合奏曲《草螟弄雞公》（1988）、《扮仙》（1991）、國樂音樂劇《雞同鴨講》（1990）等。