呂文慈（1962年生），作曲家。出生於臺北市，6歲開始學習鋼琴，16歲學習長笛，1981年進入東吳大學音樂學系，主修長笛。由於喜好創作，於大二轉主修為作曲，師事潘皇龍，在其指導之下，於現代音樂創作的技法與觀念方面，獲得極大的啟發。1989年赴美國求學，進耶魯大學音樂研究所，1991年返國之後，任教於中國文化大學音樂學系至今，現為中國文化大學音樂學系系主任及所長、2013~2018 亞洲作曲家聯盟臺灣總會理事長、臺灣作曲家協會理事長。受到現代音樂專業的影響，呂文慈的音樂偏向無調與抽象，於技法、樂念與試驗、實踐中，取得平衡，悠遊在技法與真實的自我當中。以女性作曲家之姿，活躍於樂壇。代表作為《日月》為一位長笛獨奏家、《南臺灣素描》為雙鋼琴、《嬋娟》為小提琴與管弦樂團。

Lu Wen-Tze, born in 1962 in Taipei, started learning the piano at 6, the flute at 16, and in 1981 was admitted to Department of Music of Soochow University, majoring in flute and minoring in piano. Due to her creative nature, Lu decided to change her major to composition and learned from Dr. Pan concepts and techniques of modern musical creation. In 1989, Lu went to Yale School of Music to study music theory and orchestration from Jacob Druckman; composition from Martin Bresnick; theory from Lukas Foss; and computer music from Jack Vees. In 1991 she came back to Taiwan, having completed her study, and since then have been teaching at Department of Music of Chinese Cultural University while remaining a diligent composer. Lu currently is the chairperson of ACL Taiwan Chapter and chairperson of Taiwan Composer Association. She has frequently published her musical creations, which are widely acclaimed, in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Thailand, the USA, Poland and Sweden.