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Adelaide Festival Centre in South Australia

City of Music is a designation given by UNESCO to a number of cities around the world "that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development", to promote cooperation among them and to help establish further music-related activities in the cities. The network is a sub-network of the wider UNESCO Creative Cities Network, or UCCN. The UCCN 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.

Cities of Music values

Korenlei and Graslei in Ghent, Belgium

The purpose of the UNESCO Creative City Network is to use creativity to drive the sustainable development of cities.

About the cities

Plaza de España in Seville, Spain

In March 2006, Seville was designated as the first City of Music. Bologna was named approximately two months later.

Seville has a "legendary Flamenco scene," and UNESCO lists Flamenco as an "intangible cultural heritage."

Hamamatsu is the founding city of musical instrument companies Yamaha, Kawai, and Roland. It has also an Museum of Musical Instruments.

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.

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."

According to Lonely Planet, Daegu is a "pleasant and progressive place," and Leiria is an "agreeable mixture of medieval and modern".

Lonely Planet describes Adelaide as "sophisticated, cultured, and neat-casual". In 2024, after the historic pub and popular live music venue Crown and Anchor was threatened with demolition and then saved after extensive public backlash and protests, the state government introduced laws to protect live music venues in Adelaide city centre. Part of the justification for this was given as the city's status as a City of Music.

Cities of Music

As of 2024, there are 75 Cities of Music. Nine countries have two Cities of Music, while six countries have three member cities. Colombia is the only country with four Cities of Music.

The Cities of Music are:

City Country Year
Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 2021
Adelaide  Australia 2015
Almaty  Kazakhstan 2017
Amarante  Portugal 2017
Ambon  Indonesia 2019
Auckland  New Zealand 2017
Banja Luka  Bosnia & Herzegovina 2023
Batoumi  Georgia 2021
Belfast  United Kingdom 2021
Bissau  Guinea-Bissau 2023
Bogotá  Colombia 2012
Bologna  Italy 2006
Bolzano  Italy 2023
Brazzaville  Congo 2013
Brno  Czech Republic 2017
Bydgoszcz  Poland 2023
Caracas  Venezuela 2023
Chennai  India 2017
Concepción  Chile 2023
Da Lat  Vietnam 2023
Daegu  Korea Republic 2017
Essaouira  Morocco 2019
Frutillar  Chile 2017
Ghent  Belgium 2009
Glasgow  United Kingdom 2008
Gwalior  India 2023
Hamamatsu  Japan 2014
Hanover  Germany 2014
Havana  Cuba 2019
Huancayo  Peru 2021
Ibagué  Colombia 2021
Idanha-a-Nova  Portugal 2015
Ipoh  Malaysia 2023
Kansas City  United States 2017
Katowice  Poland 2015
Kazan  Russia 2019
Kharkiv  Ukraine 2021
Kingston  Jamaica 2015
Kinshasa  Democratic Republic of Congo 2015
Kırşehir  Turkey 2019
Leiria  Portugal 2019
Liverpool  United Kingdom 2015
Llíria  Spain 2019
London  Canada 2021
Mannheim  Germany 2014
Medellín  Colombia 2015
Metz  France 2019
Mexicali  Mexico 2023
Montreux   Switzerland 2023
Morelia  Mexico 2017
Norrköping  Sweden 2017
Pesaro  Italy 2017
Port Louis  Mauritius 2021
Port of Spain  Trinidad and Tobago 2019
Praia  Cape Verde 2017
Ramallah  Palestine 2019
Recife  Brazil 2021
Salvador  Brazil 2015
Sanandaj  Iran 2019
Şanlıurfa  Turkey 2023
Santiago de Cuba  Cuba 2021
Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 2019
Seville  Spain 2006
Suphan Buri  Thailand 2023
Tallinn  Estonia 2021
Tongyeong  South Korea 2015
Toulouse  France 2023
Valledupar  Colombia 2019
Valparaíso  Chile 2019
Varanasi  India 2015
Varaždin  Croatia 2023
Veliky Novgorod  Russia 2023
Veszprém  Hungary 2019
Vranje  Serbia 2019
Xalapa  Mexico 2021

See also

Notes

  1. Cuba, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, and Turkey.
  2. Chile, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

References

  1. "The Cities of Music". UNESCO Cities of Music. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. "Cities Join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network".
  3. "UNESCO's Cities of Music". 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. "Seville's Legendary Flamenco Scene".
  5. ^ "Hamamatsu".
  6. "Liverpool receives 'City of Music' honour from UNESCO". BBC News. 12 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Idanha-a-Nova".
  8. ^ "Ghent".
  9. ^ "Auckland".
  10. "Daegu".
  11. "Leiria".
  12. "Adelaide".
  13. Eccles, David; Karakulak, Helen (19 August 2024). "Cranker saved from demolition under historic deal and legislation". InDaily. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  14. "Abu Dhabi". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  15. "Adelaide". Creative Cities Network. UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023.
  16. "Almaty".
  17. "Amarante".
  18. "Ambon".
  19. ^ "55 new cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on World Cities Day". Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  20. "Batumi". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  21. "Belfast". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  22. "Bogotá".
  23. "Bologna".
  24. "Brazzaville".
  25. "Brno".
  26. "Chennai".
  27. "Concepción". UNESCO Cities of Music. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  28. "Daegu".
  29. "Essaouira".
  30. "Frutillar".
  31. "Glasgow".
  32. "Hanover".
  33. "Havana".
  34. "Huancayo". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  35. "Ibagué". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  36. "Kansas City".
  37. "Katowice".
  38. "Kazan".
  39. "Kingston".
  40. "Kinshasa".
  41. "Kırşehir".
  42. "Leiria".
  43. "Liverpool".
  44. "Llíria".
  45. "London, Ont. Is Canada's first UNESCO City of Music". 8 November 2021.
  46. "Mannheim".
  47. "Medellín".
  48. "Metz".
  49. "Morelia".
  50. "Norrköping".
  51. "Pesaro".
  52. "Port Louis". UNESCO Cities of Music. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  53. "Port of Spain".
  54. "Praia".
  55. "Ramallah".
  56. "Recife". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  57. "Salvador".
  58. "Sanandaj".
  59. "Santiago de Cuba". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  60. "Santo Domingo".
  61. "Seville".
  62. "Tallinn".
  63. "Tongyeong".
  64. "Valledupar".
  65. "Valparaíso".
  66. "Varanasi".
  67. "Veszprém".
  68. "Vranje".
  69. "Xalapa". UNESCO Cities of Music. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

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