鄭思森(1943-1986)，國樂作曲家、指揮家。出生於廣東潮陽，11歲學習琵琶，14歲獲琵琶演奏一等獎項，保送進廣東省汕頭市藝術專科學校，奠定理論作曲及指揮的基礎。1963年到香港，擔任電影公司專屬作曲家，並執教於香港新亞書院。1968年受聘於新加坡文化部，創辦「新加坡國家劇場藝術團華樂團」，並出任指揮。1972年到臺灣發展，除帶領民營的「第一商標國樂團」，應邀客席指揮多個公、民營樂團之外，亦創作大量國樂曲、舞蹈音樂以及影視音樂，指揮的藝術才華以及作曲手法的創新獨領風騷，是70年代臺灣具影響力的國樂指揮家與作曲家，代表作包括《松》、《竹》、《梅》等大型合奏曲。他也是臺灣跨藝術領域、跨界的先驅，1986年以大型舞劇《七夕雨》獲國家文藝獎，同年，因肺癌病逝於臺北，享年43歲。

Master ZHENG Si-Sen(1943-1986), a Chinese music composer and conductor, born in Chao-Yang, Guang-Dong Province, learned pipa at the age of 11. At the age of 14, he won the first prize for pipa performance and was recommended to Shan-Tou Art College in Guang-Dong, where he laid a solid foundation of theoretical composition and conducting. He came to Hong Kong in 1963 and worked as a composer for a film company, then taught at New Asia College in Hong Kong. In 1968, he was employed by the Ministry of Culture of Singapore to found the "Singapore National Theater Chinese Orchestra" and served as the conductor. In 1972, he came to Taiwan. In addition to leading the private “First Brand-name Chinese Orchestra” and being invited to guest conduct several public and private orchestras, he also composed a large number of Chinese music, dance music, as well as film and television music. His artistic talent as a conductor and his innovative composition techniques brought him to the forefront of fashion, and was recognized as the most influential Chinese music conductor and composer in Taiwan in the 1970s. Typical works of Master ZHENG include large ensembles, e.g. "Pine," "Bamboo," and "Plum." He was also a master with cross-domain pioneering art gifts. In 1986, he won the National Arts Award for his large-scale dance drama entitled "Rain in Chinese Valentine's Day," which was well deserved. Unfortunately, he passed away because of lung cancer in Taipei at the age of 43.