沈湘（1921—1993），出生在天津。中国男高音歌唱家，中国声乐教育家。中央音乐学院教授。上世纪四十年代国立音专声乐系，其后多次开个人演唱会，当时被誉为"中国的卡鲁索"。他不仅掌握纯正的美声唱法，演唱声音圆润丰满、音色宽厚，富有穿透力，且通晓英、意、法、俄、德多种语言，以广博的知识修养声乐造诣形成自己独特的声乐教学体系，培养了一大批优秀声乐人才，其中有迪里拜尔、梁宁、刘跃、范竞马、程志、殷秀梅、关牧村及李晋玮、郭淑珍、孟贵彬、杨彼德、金铁霖等。同一位声乐教师的男女高低5个声部的学生在国际声乐比赛上获大奖，这在国际声乐界也是罕见的。"沈湘现象"在国际声乐界被公认为是世界音乐界的奇迹。舆论称赞道：中国具有世界一流的声乐教授，具有世界级的音乐大师。

Shen Xiang (1921 - 1993),was born in tianjin. Chinatenor,China vocal educator. Professor of Central Conservatory of Music. The last century forty'sNational College of music in vocal, subsequentopen personal concert, it was hailed as a"ChineseCaruso". He not onlymastering thebel canto singingvoice,plump,sound generous,full of penetration,and proficient in English, Italian,Russian,German,a variety of languageknowledge,to vocal musicattainments extensiveform his unique vocal music teaching system, traininga large number of outstanding musicaltalent,including Di Lee Bayer,Liang Ning,Liu Yue,Fan Jingma,Cheng Zhi,Yin Xiumei,Guan Mucun andLi Jinwei,Guo Shuzhen,Meng Guibin,Yang Bide,Jin Tielin etc.. The samelevel of vocal music teachersand studentswon the grand prize of 5 voicesin the international vocal competition, which is rare in theinternational music. "Shen Xiang phenomenon" in Vocal MusicInternational is recognized asworld music miracle. Public opinionpraise: Chinesehas world-classmusic professor,has a world-classmaster of music.