吳素霞(1947生),南管藝師、傳統音樂教育家。出生於臺南市。祖父及父親皆為南管音樂名師,深受薰陶,1957年學琵琶,1963年學梨園戲,1967年執教清水清雅樂府,為臺灣第一位南管館閣女館先生,致力傳承南管音樂文化,通達南管各項樂器,專攻唱工、戲劇及南鼓。先後於高雄蚵仔寮通安社、茄萣地區的振樂社、南聲社等執教,帶團至國內外巡迴演出,揚名海內外。1988年,榮獲教育部第四屆民族藝術薪傳獎,1993年成立合和藝苑,連續九年獲得臺中縣傑出演藝團隊。2006年任教國立臺北藝術大學傳統音樂學系,推廣傳統不遺餘力。2010年,獲選為重要傳統藝術南管戲曲保存者。吳素霞唱腔古樸,身段優美,提昇南管音樂文化至專業領域,使南管音樂不再局限於傳統,讓更多社會大眾欣賞,貢獻良多。
WU Su-Xia is a famous nanguan musician, educator of traditional music. She was born on Dayong Street, Tainan in 1947. Since both her father and grandfather were famous musician of nanguan music, she studied nanguan at her early age: she studied pipa at six and Liyuan opera at her 16. Later when she was 19, she became the first female nanguan workshop teacher in Taiwan. She plays all instruments in nanguan music, and specializes in vocal, drama and Nan-gu (south drum). She was awarded the 4th National Folk Art Heritage Award in 1988, and was officially recognized as one of the Important Traditional Art Preserver in 2010. For decades, she has been performing in many places, and has taught in traditional music department, Taipei National University of the Arts and other workshops, devoted to promoting and preserving this traditional art.