邱火榮（1934生），北管音樂家。出生於臺南。自小生長在北管世家，父親為北管達人，母親為亂彈班著名小旦。邱火榮14歲開始追隨父親，參與子弟軒社活動，學會了嗩吶及武場的鑼鼓鐃鈸基本技巧，1957年與亂彈名伶潘玉嬌結婚。1970年代，歌仔戲受歡迎的程度凌駕亂彈戲之上，故他開始參加歌仔戲演出，期間指導過許多前場演員唱腔，並帶領出多位優秀後場樂師。從北管到歌仔，邱火榮幾乎無「戲」不與，顯示深厚功力。1982年參與文建會首辦「民間劇場 ─ 北管藝人聯演」，1990年與妻子共同成立亂彈嬌北管劇團。1989年榮獲教育部民族藝術薪傳獎，2017年為第二十八屆傳藝金曲獎出版類特別獎得主，2019年獲國立臺北藝術大學名譽藝術博士，是國內僅有同時活躍於北管、歌仔和布袋戲的全方位專業樂師。

QIU Huo-Rong was born in Tainan in 1934. He grew up in a family of beiguan musicians. His father, Lin Chao-Cheng, was a famous beiguan musician, and his mother, Qiu Hai-Mei, was a performer in a traditional opera luantan ensemble and also a renowned minor dan (female) role singer. At the age of 14, Qiu Huo-Rong started following in the footsteps of his father, playing in a Daoist music ensemble for boys, learning how to play suona and the percussion parts for martial arts scenes in traditional opera. He married a famous luantan singer name Pan Yu-Jiao when he was 23, and formed the Luantan Jiao Beiguan Opera Troupe with her. He was awarded the Ministry of Education’s National Arts Award. Qiu was a trailblazer for beiguan music in Taiwan.