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UNESCO's City of Music Network is a Subnetwork of the wider Creative Cities Network (UCCN).

Adelaide Festival Centre in South Australia

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.[1]

The Network strives to promote cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.

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.[2]

Seville has a "legendary Flamenco scene," and UNESCO lists Flamenco as an "intangible cultural heritage."[3]

Hamamatsu is the founding city of musical instrument companies Yamaha, Kawai, and Roland. It has also an Museum of Musical Instruments.[4]

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.[5]

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."[6][7][8]

Adelaide is "sophisticated, cultured, and neat-casual," Daegu is a "pleasant and progressive place," and Leiria is an "agreeable mixture of medieval and modern."[9][10][11]

Cities of Music

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As at 2024, seventy-five Cities of Music have been designated by UNESCO.

Thirty of the participating cities are European, thirteen are Asian, three are Middle Eastern. South America has 11 cities and North America has five, Africa has six, fixe are from the Caribbean, and two have been designated in Oceania.

Nine countries have two member cities (Cuba, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey), six countries have three member cities (Chile, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, United Kingdom). Colombia is the only country with four designated cities.

The Cities of Music are:

City Country Year of Inscription
Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 2021[12]
Adelaide   Australia 2015[13]
Almaty   Kazakhstan 2017[14]
Amarante   Portugal 2017[15]
Ambon   Indonesia 2019[16]
Auckland   New Zealand 2017[8]
Banja Luka   Bosnia & Herzegovina 2023[17]
Batoumi   Georgia 2021[18]
Belfast   United Kingdom 2021[19]
Bissau   Guinea-Bissau 2023[17]
Bogotá   Colombia 2012[20]
Bologna   Italy 2006[21]
Bolzano   Italy 2023[17]
Brazzaville   Congo 2013[22]
Brno   Czech Republic 2017[23]
Bydgoszcz   Poland 2023[17]
Caracas   Venezuela 2023[17]
Chennai   India 2017[24]
Concepción   Chile 2023[25]
Da Lat   Vietnam 2023[17]
Daegu   Korea Republic 2017[26]
Essaouira   Morocco 2019[27]
Frutillar   Chile 2017[28]
Ghent   Belgium 2009[7]
Glasgow   United Kingdom 2008[29]
Gwalior   India 2023[17]
Hamamatsu   Japan 2014[4]
Hanover   Germany 2014[30]
Havana   Cuba 2019[31]
Huancayo   Peru 2021[32]
Ibagué   Colombia 2021[33]
Idanha-a-Nova   Portugal 2015[6]
Ipoh   Malaysia 2023[17]
Kansas City   United States 2017[34]
Katowice   Poland 2015[35]
Kazan   Russia 2019[36]
Kharkiv   Ukraine 2021
Kingston   Jamaica 2015[37]
Kinshasa   Democratic Republic of Congo 2015[38]
Kırşehir   Turkey 2019[39]
Leiria   Portugal 2019[40]
Liverpool   United Kingdom 2015[41]
Llíria   Spain 2019[42]
London   Canada 2021[43]
Mannheim   Germany 2014[44]
Medellín   Colombia 2015[45]
Metz   France 2019[46]
Mexicali   Mexico 2023[17]
Montreux    Switzerland 2023[17]
Morelia   Mexico 2017[47]
Norrköping   Sweden 2017[48]
Pesaro   Italy 2017[49]
Port Louis   Mauritius 2021[50]
Port of Spain   Trinidad and Tobago 2019[51]
Praia   Cape Verde 2017[52]
Ramallah   Palestine 2019[53]
Recife   Brazil 2021[54]
Salvador   Brazil 2015[55]
Sanandaj   Iran 2019[56]
Şanlıurfa   Turkey 2023[17]
Santiago de Cuba   Cuba 2021[57]
Santo Domingo   Dominican Republic 2019[58]
Seville   Spain 2006[59]
Suphan Buri   Thailand 2023[17]
Tallinn   Estonia 2021[60]
Tongyeong   South Korea 2015[61]
Toulouse   France 2023[17]
Valledupar   Colombia 2019[62]
Valparaíso   Chile 2019[63]
Varanasi   India 2015[64]
Varaždin   Croatia 2023[17]
Veliky Novgorod   Russia 2023[17]
Veszprém   Hungary 2019[65]
Vranje   Serbia 2019[66]
Xalapa   Mexico 2021[67]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cities Join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network".
  2. ^ "UNESCO's Cities of Music". 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Seville's Legendary Flamenco Scene".
  4. ^ a b "Hamamatsu".
  5. ^ "Liverpool receives 'City of Music' honour from UNESCO". BBC News. 12 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Idanha-a-Nova".
  7. ^ a b "Ghent".
  8. ^ a b "Auckland".
  9. ^ "Adelaide".
  10. ^ "Daegu".
  11. ^ "Leiria".
  12. ^ "Abu Dhabi". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  13. ^ "Adelaide".
  14. ^ "Almaty".
  15. ^ "Amarante".
  16. ^ "Ambon".
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Batumi". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  19. ^ "Belfast". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  20. ^ "Bogotá".
  21. ^ "Bologna".
  22. ^ "Brazzaville".
  23. ^ "Brno".
  24. ^ "Chennai".
  25. ^ "Concepción". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  26. ^ "Daegu".
  27. ^ "Essaouira".
  28. ^ "Frutillar".
  29. ^ "Glasgow".
  30. ^ "Hanover".
  31. ^ "Havana".
  32. ^ "Huancayo". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  33. ^ "Ibagué". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  34. ^ "Kansas City".
  35. ^ "Katowice".
  36. ^ "Kazan".
  37. ^ "Kingston".
  38. ^ "Kinshasa".
  39. ^ "Kırşehir".
  40. ^ "Leiria".
  41. ^ "Liverpool".
  42. ^ "Llíria".
  43. ^ "London, Ont. Is Canada's first UNESCO City of Music". 8 November 2021.
  44. ^ "Mannheim".
  45. ^ "Medellín".
  46. ^ "Metz".
  47. ^ "Morelia".
  48. ^ "Norrköping".
  49. ^ "Pesaro".
  50. ^ "Port Louis". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  51. ^ "Port of Spain".
  52. ^ "Praia".
  53. ^ "Ramallah".
  54. ^ "Recife". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  55. ^ "Salvador".
  56. ^ "Sanandaj".
  57. ^ "Santiago de Cuba". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  58. ^ "Santo Domingo".
  59. ^ "Seville".
  60. ^ "Tallinn".
  61. ^ "Tongyeong".
  62. ^ "Valledupar".
  63. ^ "Valparaíso".
  64. ^ "Varanasi".
  65. ^ "Veszprém".
  66. ^ "Vranje".
  67. ^ "Xalapa". UNESCO Cities of Music. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
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