Yang, Liu win National Culture Award
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Liam kua (說唱) performer Yang Hsiu-ching (楊秀卿) and Neo-Classic Dance Company founder Liu Feng-hsueh (劉鳳學) yesterday were announced as the winners of the 40th National Cultural Awards.
Born in 1934 in then-Taipei County, Yang lost her vision as a child as a result of delayed medical treatment, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement.
Raised by adoptive parents who were professional singers in Keelung, she began performing liam kua a traditional art form that combines narrative singing with folk music at the age of 11, it said.
Liam kua musician Yang Hsiu-ching performs in an undated photograph.