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City of Music (UNESCO)

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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.[1] 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.[2]

Cities of Music values

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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

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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.[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]

According to Lonely Planet, Daegu is a "pleasant and progressive place," and Leiria is an "agreeable mixture of medieval and modern".[10][11]

Lonely Planet describes Adelaide as "sophisticated, cultured, and neat-casual".[12] 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.[13]

Cities of Music

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

The Cities of Music are:

City Country Year
Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 2021[14]
Adelaide  Australia 2015[15]
Almaty  Kazakhstan 2017[16]
Amarante  Portugal 2017[17]
Ambon  Indonesia 2019[18]
Auckland  New Zealand 2017[9]
Banja Luka  Bosnia & Herzegovina 2023[19]
Batoumi  Georgia 2021[20]
Belfast  United Kingdom 2021[21]
Bissau  Guinea-Bissau 2023[19]
Bogotá  Colombia 2012[22]
Bologna  Italy 2006[23]
Bolzano  Italy 2023[19]
Brazzaville  Congo 2013[24]
Brno  Czech Republic 2017[25]
Bydgoszcz  Poland 2023[19]
Caracas  Venezuela 2023[19]
Chennai  India 2017[26]
Concepción  Chile 2023[27]
Da Lat  Vietnam 2023[19]
Daegu  Korea Republic 2017[28]
Essaouira  Morocco 2019[29]
Frutillar  Chile 2017[30]
Ghent  Belgium 2009[8]
Glasgow  United Kingdom 2008[31]
Gwalior  India 2023[19]
Hamamatsu  Japan 2014[5]
Hanover  Germany 2014[32]
Havana  Cuba 2019[33]
Huancayo  Peru 2021[34]
Ibagué  Colombia 2021[35]
Idanha-a-Nova  Portugal 2015[7]
Ipoh  Malaysia 2023[19]
Kansas City  United States 2017[36]
Katowice  Poland 2015[37]
Kazan  Russia 2019[38]
Kharkiv  Ukraine 2021
Kingston  Jamaica 2015[39]
Kinshasa  Democratic Republic of Congo 2015[40]
Kırşehir  Turkey 2019[41]
Leiria  Portugal 2019[42]
Liverpool  United Kingdom 2015[43]
Llíria  Spain 2019[44]
London  Canada 2021[45]
Mannheim  Germany 2014[46]
Medellín  Colombia 2015[47]
Metz  France 2019[48]
Mexicali  Mexico 2023[19]
Montreux   Switzerland 2023[19]
Morelia  Mexico 2017[49]
Norrköping  Sweden 2017[50]
Pesaro  Italy 2017[51]
Port Louis  Mauritius 2021[52]
Port of Spain  Trinidad and Tobago 2019[53]
Praia  Cape Verde 2017[54]
Ramallah  Palestine 2019[55]
Recife  Brazil 2021[56]
Salvador  Brazil 2015[57]
Sanandaj  Iran 2019[58]
Şanlıurfa  Turkey 2023[19]
Santiago de Cuba  Cuba 2021[59]
Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 2019[60]
Seville  Spain 2006[61]
Suphan Buri  Thailand 2023[19]
Tallinn  Estonia 2021[62]
Tongyeong  South Korea 2015[63]
Toulouse  France 2023[19]
Valledupar  Colombia 2019[64]
Valparaíso  Chile 2019[65]
Varanasi  India 2015[66]
Varaždin  Croatia 2023[19]
Veliky Novgorod  Russia 2023[19]
Veszprém  Hungary 2019[67]
Vranje  Serbia 2019[68]
Xalapa  Mexico 2021[69]

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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. ^ a b "Hamamatsu".
  6. ^ "Liverpool receives 'City of Music' honour from UNESCO". BBC News. 12 December 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Idanha-a-Nova".
  8. ^ a b "Ghent".
  9. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "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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