財團法人辜公亮文教基金會

介紹

財團法人辜公亮文教基金會為前海基會董事長辜振甫（公亮）於1988年所發起。設立宗旨為透過國際（含兩岸）交流活動，推展台灣工商企業之經營管理、醫學研究、藝文及相關活動。現任董事長為曾志朗先生，執行長為辜懷群女士。

1991年成立京劇推廣組，在執行長辜懷群的推動下，邀請名京劇表演藝術家李寶春與京劇界精英，多次推出精緻的經典好戲，並組團至歐、美、日等各國演出，於國際間宣揚傳統中華文化；連年多次赴各地偏遠學校巡演，培養戲劇人口並從事紮根工作。期間多次接受相關單位之委託，承辦多項綜合性大型表演藝術活動。

1997年成立台北新劇團，集合海內外專業青年同好，定期公演【新老戲】，並巡迴大陸，以戲會友。多次參加上海國際藝術節、中國京劇節、北京音樂節等大陸重要表演藝術節慶，以身力行實踐兩岸文化交流，至獲好評。台北新劇團在中國的巡演伙伴是中國保利文化集團及所屬院線，互助合作共創海峽兩岸的文化交流榮景。

自1999年起經營【臺北戲棚】，針對觀光族群推廣文化旅遊，每年於台北市台泥大樓士敏廳推出近兩百場之「定目演出」，揉合台灣在地「原汁原味」的雜技（漢唐百戲）、掌中戲、傀儡戲、醒獅、原住民歌舞、京劇等多樣貌的民族藝術，屢獲觀光局與旅遊界之推薦與讚揚。

2014年八月，納編擁有十八年表演藝術內容製作與場地管理的原「新舞台」團隊，組織酷集劇場（The Koo Company），從事表演藝術與活動製作、管理、顧問。酷集團隊曾經連年獲得文化部「文馨獎」特別獎、金獎，並屢次榮膺網路票選台北市最佳劇場服務。2011年榮獲台北市文化局「譽揚專案」表揚，將所在地巷弄命名為「新舞台巷」。該團隊並致力劇場人才之培訓與劇場管理經驗之分享。其每年舉辦的前台點工招募與後台技術人員培訓，學員遍及國內各表演廳，可謂開枝散葉，十年樹人。

<Koo Foundation, Taipei Li-yuan Peking Opera Theater>

Production House ★ Theater Management ★ Theater Consulting

C.F. Koo Foundation, Taiwan, was founded in 1987 by C. F. Koo, Honorary Chairman of Ho-hsin Group, one of the core business clusters in Taiwan. 

Dr. Chen-fu Koo (1917-2005), a respected leader of the business circle in Taiwan and founder of the ROC Economic Councils in the USA, Japan, Korea, and most of those in Asia and Europe, was later Chairman of The Strait Exchange Foundation. He and China’s Tao-han Wang opened the “Koo-Wang Talks” in Singapore in 1993, followed by the “Koo-Wang Meeting” in China in 1998. These two occasions without doubt set the corner stone for all the ensuing peace talks between Taiwan and China.

F.  Koo Foundation was in the beginning established to fulfill three missions:

1. To hold lectures and intensive courses for rising businessmen in Taiwan, inviting world-class speakers such as those who had won the Nobel Prize;

2. To conduct researches of anti-cancer drugs, which led to the launching of the first and only tertiary cancer center in Taiwan;

3. To promote traditional arts, especially Peking Opera.

Today, C. F. Koo Foundation, Taiwan, has grown into an NGO of three main business domains: Production, Theater Management, and Theater Consulting. It is the most active NGO in Taiwan’s Cultural Scenery, conducting productions and touring of Peking Opera as well as performances of all other forms, house-managing two public venues in Taipei, and giving consultation to nearly all venues in Taiwan, old and new. The Board of C. F. Koo Foundation is currently chaired by Dr. Ovid Tzeng, celebrated scholar, ex-Minister of Council for Cultural Affairs and ex-Minister of Education in Taiwan.

The lectures for future businessmen in Taiwan still take place once in a while.

The Cancer Center ( Koo Foundation Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan, http://www.kfsyscc.org:8080/ ) is now one of the leading cancer centers in the Far East.

Peking Opera Promotion started in 1990 with the well-known and multi-talented Maestro Baochun Li in the lead, and has produced refined neo-classical productions to tour internationally in Europe, America, and Asia.

Koo Foundation founded its own Peking Opera Company──Taipei Li-yuan Peking Opera Theater, in 1997. With its many young and talented artists, the Company created their own brand: “Peking Opera Neo-Classics,” and often tour China for friendly cultural exchanges. Li-yuan has so far been invited many times to perform in   China Shanghai International Arts Festival, China Peking Opera Festival, Beijing Music Festival, and many other key performing arts festivals in China, receiving favorable appreciations for the refinement and creativity of is works.

A tourist theatre, TaipeiEye, was added to the Koo Foundation productions in 1999, to promote cultural tourism in Taiwan. It now produces over 200 authentic traditional performances each year, including Taiwanese acrobat performances, hand puppets shows, puppets shows, Taiwanese aboriginal songs and dances, and Chinese operas of many a different dialect. TaipeiEye is recognized by Taiwan Tourism Bureau and highly recommended by international tourism organizations.

The Foundation’s consulting team has 20 years of experiences in productions and venue management. The team, also, has accumulated multiple awards from the Taiwan Ministry of Cultural Affairs, including numerous Golden, Silver, Bronze Awards and, particularly, the Special Achievement Awards, and was voted many times for best theatre service in Taipei City online. The team continues to train professionals in theatre management, and dedicates to knowledge and experience exchanges. Each year, the team hosts front-house trainee interviews and back stage technical specialists training, and many of the trainees go on to serve in different performance venues throughout Taiwan.

C.F. Koo Foundation, Taiwan, under the leadership of Vivien Ku, CEO, looks forward to playing a key role in international cultural scenery by providing programs as well as expertise in art management and venue constructions as emblems of friendship and cultural excellence from Taiwan, which are the results of a 20-year persistent endeavor in performing arts and the sole goal for all who work untiringly in this NGO organization.