【人物】 范姜新熹
|客家音樂家|
范姜新熹,客家音樂家;1934 年出生於桃園新屋。日治及戰後北臺灣知名客家八音、傀儡戲教席范姜文賢長子,因其盡得乃父技藝真傳,曾組內臺客家戲班「新拱樂」。1980年代以來,桃園、新竹一帶客家八音藝術多數為其所傳,為北臺灣極為重要的八音老師,其並具有道士身分,家中設有瑞德壇。
FAN JIANG Xin-Xi was born in Taoyuan in 1934. He is the eldest son of Fan Jiang Wen-Xian, a renowned Hakka bayin singer and puppet theater performer during the Japanese colonial era and post-WWII. Inheriting the authentic artistry of his father, Fan Jiang established Xin Gong Yue, an indoor traditional Hakka opera troupe that since the 1980s has been very important in passing on the traditions of the Hakka bayin singing in the Taoyuan and Hsinchu areas. Fan Jiang is an important bayin educator and also a Taoist priest with an altar at home.