reporter Liu Yiting/comprehensive report
The 33rd Golden Melody Awards was held today (2nd) at the Kaohsiung Dome. The ceremony reached its climax, and everyone from all walks of life was paying attention to who would win the award. The "Special Contribution Award" was won by the late singer Qiu Chen. He died of liver cirrhosis in March this year, and his widow Yang Liqin and daughter Qiu Anchen came to the stage to receive the award on his behalf.
At the 33rd Golden Melody Awards, the late singer Qiu Chen won the Special Contribution Award, and his daughter accepted the award on his behalf. (Picture/reproduced from LINE TV)
Jin Zhijuan pointed out that Qiu Chen was an important creator in the folk song period, and was also nicknamed the "Terminator of Folk Songs" by the outside world because of the "Qiuqiu Choir" he founded, which launched His song "Just Tonight" became popular across Taiwan, setting off electronic music rock and other genres, but it also accelerated the end of the folk song era.
The audience in the audience shed tears. (Picture/reproduced from LINE TV)
Daughter Qiu Anchen accepted the award on behalf of her father Qiu Chen. She choked up slightly as soon as she took the stage and said: "Music is his lifelong belief." She mentioned her father's contribution to music in the past and hoped that everyone could Cherish, today, the freedom to create and the society that tolerates all kinds of voices.
After seeing many articles mourning her father, Qiu Anchen also said: "His life was so wonderful and rich because of his encounters with you. He also thanked everyone he met." In addition to thanking everyone for their support for her father, she Yes, I also shouted to my father in heaven from a distance, "Dad, you have won the prize."
The Qiuqiu Choir, which became famous with the song "Just Tonight", is led by Qiu Chen (real name Qiu Xianrong) March 2022 He died of illness on the evening of March 24 at the age of 72. In response to the Tang Ying-shen incident, he produced the album "Tefuye" and devoted himself to social movements. At the same time, he continued to promote Hakka culture and create Hakka songs.
Qiu Chen, who was born in 1949, loved music very much when he was in junior high school. He slowly learned to play the guitar on his own. In college, he was admitted to National Chengchi University. At that time, he served as the president of the guitar club and personally composed music and wrote "Little Jasmine" and "Little Jasmine". "The Wind Tells Me" and so on, and subsequently wrote songs for many folk singers. However, he was quite dissatisfied with the trend of folk songs at that time, so he founded the Qiuqiu Choir in 1981 and added a rock style. The following year, he won the first album " Just Tonight" became a hit, and many of the songs in the album were also composed by him.
Unexpectedly, Qiuqiu Chorus later had dissatisfaction over the distribution of remuneration. Qiu Chen also decided to leave the band he founded. The group also disbanded in 1984, but he continued to compose songs for He Dulin and Yang Junrong. and others sang. He has also served as a judge for the Golden Melody Awards many times. Privately, he is keen on social movements and is also very concerned about mountain and forest issues. In 2011, he also composed the song "Song of the Snow Mountain" for the Dongshi Forest District Management Office.
Qiu Chen died of liver cirrhosis in a hospital in Shalu, Taichung on the afternoon of March 24 at the age of 72. His wife has confirmed his death through friends, and the lead singer of the Qiu Qiu Choir at the time was Wa Wa (Jin Zhijuan). After hearing the sad news, he also expressed through his friends that although the two parties have not been in contact for many years, they still "hope that he will go well and ask his family to express their condolences." His tone was very regretful and sad.
