Taipei Culture Award is 14 years old this year. Organized by Taipei City Government's Department of Cultural Affairs, the award has been given to individuals and groups who have contributed to shaping the image of Taipei City. In the past 13 years, recipients of the Award came from literature, art, dance, history, and environmental care.
This year the focus was on integrating aesthetics into daily live. The recipients were deemed to have served as seeds to grow Taipei’s urban aesthetics. The board of judges decided to give the Award to Japanese pianist Anna Teng and Sinologist Xin Yi-yun. The former spent years in Taiwan contributing to music circles, while the latter spread knowledge of Chinese classics and philosophy in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.
1. Azusa Fujita Fujita has been contributing to music circles in Taiwan. She held 12 Taipei International Chopin Piano Competitions, cultivating music talents from Taiwan, and encouraging them to manifest their talents to the world. Fujita also organized the International Chopin Festival 2010 in Taiwan, which includes 12 performances covering more than 200 works of Chopin. A third of them was played in Taiwan for the first time.
2. Xin Yi-yun Xin is a professor in Sinology, who has remained active after retirement. Besides giving lectures on Chinese philosophy, Chinese history of aesthetics, and Chinese classics at Taipei National University of the Arts, he has also inspired many with his seminars at community colleges. He won the award for his ability to bring in the profound notions of Chinese philosophy to daily life.
Year Recipients and Awards
2009 1. Chiang Hsun 2. I-Tong Park The two recipients were recognized for their dedication in promoting aesthetics in life
2008 1. Wild Bird Society of Taipei 2. Hsieh Ying-chun 3. U Theatre The three recipients were recognized for their dedication to promoting and applying environmental-awareness and green culture in the cultural and arts sphere of Taipei.
2007 1. Performance Workshop 2. Huang Ying-hsiung The two recipients were awarded for their long-term dedication to culture and education, for helping culture take root in life and cultivating young cultural contributors in Taipei City.
2006 1. Huge Lee 2. Li Shu-yun 3. Wu Hsing-kuo 4. Hsu Chi The four recipients were honored for their long-term efforts to giving traditional arts a new look and vitality, and for their contributions to enriching the aesthetic lives of Taipei's residents.
2005 1. Kimbo Hu 2. Hsu Wang 3. Peace Time Foundation of Taiwan The three recipients were recognized for promoting the values of reconciliation, harmony, and peace in Taipei City.
2004 1. Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines 2. Chuang Yung-ming 3. Sun Ta-chuan 4. Chen Kuo-tzu 5. Huang Yung-sung The five recipients were awarded for their contributions to the preservation of the history of Taipei City and for promoting harmony and respect among immigrant groups.
2003 1. Ke Le Kuo Theatre Troupe 2. Black Hand Nakasi Workers' Band 3. Ho Ching-tai 4. The Flying Fish and Cloud Panther Music Collective The four recipients were honored for their long-term efforts toward the cultural development of less privileged groups, and their contribution to the art and cultural life of Taipei City.
2002 1. (Special award) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Foundation / corporate patronage 2. Liao Shou-yi / tree conservation 3. Liao Wu-chih / Paoankung Temple renovation 4. Li Chung-yao / historic building preservation The four recipients were recognized for their dedication to the preservation and revival of Taipei's cultural assets.
2001 1. Richard Arnold / educational and international exchange Arnold was awarded for his contribution to making Taipei more cosmopolitan in the cultural sector. 2. Barry Lam / corporate patronage Lam contributed financial support towards making Taipei's cultural sphere more cosmopolitan.
2000 1. Tsai Jui-yueh / dance education 2. Wu Mei-hui / poetry education 3. Hu Pao-lin / architecture and design education 4. Chen Chin-tsan / cultural history of Neihu community The four recipients were awarded for their long-term dedication to cultural activities related to the improvement of the urban living environment.
1999 1. Chiu Ru-hwa / Cultural preservation Chiu was recognized for dedication to the maintenance of historical buildings, adhering to international standards in local cultural preservation. 2. Chen Kuan-hua / Cultural preservation Chen was honored for dedicated to the preservation of musical culture heritage, mainly of traditional folk music and local opera.
1998 1. Wu Yung-fu (poet, novelist) / Taiwanese literature 2. Wang Jen-hsin(Wang Chin-ying)/Traditional drama-Taiwanese folk opera 3. Tyzen Hsiao (pianist, conductor, composer) / Taiwanese music
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Updated:
2010/12/20 18:57
Reviewed:
2013/5/7 22:23
Source:
The Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs
Fujita has been contributing to music circles in Taiwan. She held 12 Taipei International Chopin Piano Competitions, cultivating music talents from Taiwan, and encouraging them to manifest their talents to the world. Fujita also organized the International Chopin Festival 2010 in Taiwan, which includes 12 performances covering more than 200 works of Chopin. A third of them was played in Taiwan for the first time.
Xin is a professor in Sinology, who has remained active after retirement. Besides giving lectures on Chinese philosophy, Chinese history of aesthetics, and Chinese classics at Taipei National University of the Arts, he has also inspired many with his seminars at community colleges. He won the award for his ability to bring in the profound notions of Chinese philosophy to daily life.
