呂昭炫（1929-2017），吉他作曲家、演奏家與教育家。出生於桃園郡龜山庄（今桃園市龜山區）。16歲時接觸吉他，從此愛上這個迷人的樂器。19歲開設「呂昭炫吉他教授所」，教學與創作並進。1954年舉辦第一次吉他獨奏會，創北部之首例。1962年，代表中華民國首次赴日參加「第二十一屆國際吉他演奏家會議暨演奏會」。呂昭炫的創作充滿情感，描述美麗風情的〈楊柳〉、〈故鄉〉與〈夕陽河畔〉等充滿詩意，為其代表作，同時也致力於吉他教學與樂譜編曲。2005年他的生平事蹟更收錄於西班牙大百科Enciclopedia de la guitarra中，創華人吉他家之首例。終身以吉他演奏、教學與創作為職志，從各大專院校、救國團到功學社，教導學生超過萬人，對於臺灣古典吉他的推動有深遠的影響，堪稱臺灣古典吉他元老級人物。

LU Chao-Hsuan (1929-2017) is a Taiwanese guitarist, composer and educationist. He was born in Township of Guishan (now known as Guishan District), Taoyuan City. Lu began to play guitar at 16 and fell in love with this instrument since then. When he was 19, he started to teach guitar at his residence while learning to compose. Later at the Taipei YMCA’s Assembly Hall in 1954, Lu held his very first guitar recital, which was also regarded as the first public event of guitar performance in Northern Taiwan. In 1962, He attended the 21st International Guitarist Symposium in Tokyo as the Taiwanese representative. His biography even appeared as an entry of Enciclopedia de la Guitarra published in 2005, thus becoming the first Taiwanese guitarist to be noted in a world-class guitar reference book. In addition to public performances, Lu dedicated himself to teaching as well as composing. He had over 10 thousands of pupils after giving lessons at the universities, China Youth Corps and KHS Musical Instruments, thus becoming a major influence among the Taiwanese guitarists. He also wrote many passionate and poetic guitar works portraying the beautiful sceneries in Taiwan, such as his most famous pieces “Willow”, “Hometown” and “Riverside Sunset”. Now he is considered as a significant figure and a pioneer in Taiwanese classical guitar music.