鄭德淵(1950生),音樂學者、箏樂演奏家、音樂教育家。出生於雲林縣。父親啟發他對藝術的興趣,讀書期間音樂一直是他的最愛。1968年考上臺灣省立成功大學(今國立成功大學)水利工程學系,並加入國樂社演奏古箏,並有不小的名氣。成大碩士畢業後至華岡藝術學校及中國文化學院任教,在古箏方面著作、創作、演奏三者兼具。爾後取得馬里蘭大學(University of Maryland)民族音樂學博士。1995年參與創立成功大學藝術研究所、1998年創立臺南藝術大學七年一貫制中國音樂學系暨民族音樂學研究所,並為聯合國教科文中心國際傳統音樂學會臺灣分會之創會會長。獲頒中興文藝獎章、中國文藝協會五十屆之榮譽文藝獎章。對於臺灣國樂發展與民族音樂學研究貢獻良多。現任國立臺南藝術大學校務發展總辦公室執行長。
Cheng Te-yuan, born in 1950 in Yulin, is a musicologist, Zheng string performer, and music educator. Zheng was a good Zheng string performer at a young age and later on received a PhD in Ethnomusicology from University of Maryland. Zheng has made invaluable contributions to the development of Chinese traditional music and Ethnomusicology studies in Taiwan, including his support for establishing the NCKU Institute of Arts (1995), Department and Institute of Ethnomusicology of Tainan National University of the Arts (1998). Zheng currently serves as Vice-president cum Director of Academic Affairs, Tainan National University of the Arts.