戴洪軒（1942-1994），作曲家、文字作者。出生於廣東省遂溪縣。1956年遷居臺灣，1959年考入國立臺灣藝術專科學校（今國立臺灣藝術大學）作曲組，受教於蕭而化、康謳、許常惠等。1967年起開始文字及音樂創作，其書寫充滿音樂家的敏銳感受、出語幽默；音樂作品十分雅致，結構嚴謹，詩詞歌樂充滿想像，表現「音樂即是生活」的音樂觀。1974年開始專任於東吳大學，1977年舉行第一次個人作品發表會，為國內繼許常惠、馬水龍之後的第三位作曲家個展，受到相當大的矚目。作品《過客》由雲門舞集編作演出（1977），1980年代於「劉塞雲的歌路迢遙」中發表聲樂曲〈遐想〉，才華洋溢。亦有重要文字專著《談電影配樂》、《狂人之血》、《洪軒論樂》等，代表作品有長笛奏鳴曲《鐘》、《第一號弦樂四重奏》等。

DAI Hung-Xuan, born in 1942 in Suixi, Guangdong, was admitted in 1959 to the National Taiwan College of Arts, where he studied composition under teachers like XIAO Erh-Hua, KANG Ou, HSU Tsang-houei, and LU Yan. DAI’s career of creative writing and music composition began upon completion of his national military service. His writings are imbued with a musician’s exquisite sensitivity, marked with humorous and witty phrases, and teeming with unique and original insights. His musical works feature a style of pure elegance within a rigorous structure, and his lyrics and melodies are abundant with aesthetic imaginations. His major writings include On Film Score, Blood of Wildness, DAI Hong-Xuan on Music, and some of his important musical works are Bells ( Sonata for Flute) and String Quartet No. 1.