Designation of a city awarded by UNESCO
Adelaide Festival Centre in South Australia UNESCO's City of Music programme is part of the wider Creative Cities Network .
The Network launched in 2004, and has member cities in seven creative fields. The other fields are: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, and Media Arts.[1]
Criteria for Cities of Music Korenlei and Graslei in Ghent , BelgiumTo be approved as a City of Music, cities need to meet a number of criteria set by UNESCO .[2]
Designated UNESCO Cities of Music share similar characteristics:
recognised centres of musical creation and activity experience in hosting music festivals and events at a national or international level promotion of the music industry in all its forms music schools, conservatories, academies, and higher education institutions specialised in music informal structures for music education , including amateur choirs and orchestras domestic or international platforms dedicated to particular genres of music and/or music from other countries cultural spaces suited for practicing and listening to music, e.g. open-air auditoriums .
About the cities Plaza de España in Seville , SpainIn March 2006, Seville was designated as the first City of Music. Bologna was named approximately two months later.[3]
Seville has a "legendary Flamenco scene," and UNESCO lists Flamenco as an "intangible cultural heritage ."[4]
Hamamatsu is the founding city of musical instrument companies Yamaha , Kawai , and Roland . It has also an Museum of Musical Instruments.[5]
Liverpool —"the city that spawned The Beatles "—earned its designation due to music's "place in the heart of the city's life." UNESCO also noted a "clearly defined" music , education , and skills strategy for young people.[6]
Idanha-a-Nova "lives by the rhythm of music," Ghent is a "city full of culture," and Auckland is the "beating heart of New Zealand's music industry."[7] [8] [9]
Adelaide is "sophisticated, cultured, and neat-casual," Daegu is a "pleasant and progressive place," and Leiria is an "agreeable mixture of medieval and modern."[10] [11] [12]
Cities of Music As of 2021, fifty Cities of Music have been designated by UNESCO.
Nineteen of the participating cities are European , ten are Asian and Middle Eastern . South America and North America each have six, Africa has four, and two have been designated in Oceania .
Seven countries have two member cities. India , Colombia , Portugal , and the United Kingdom are the only countries to have three designated cities.
The Cities of Music are:
See also
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