The Cities of Music

Equaliser (EQ) is an open-source gender equality project designed to raise the participation and opportunities for women entering or working in the music sector.

United By Music – a perfect phrase to capture the magical two weeks Liverpool has enjoyed sharing with the world. Everything we have done has been with the awareness that we were hosting this year’s final on behalf of the Ukraine and wherever you went in the city or whoever you spoke to it was […]

Sanandaj Day was celebrated in diverse and attractive  programs for 2023. Various celebrations of Sanandaj Day were held on April 26, which coincides with the sixth of Ardibehesht 1046 A.H, when the city of Sanandaj was founded by Suleiman Khan Ardalan. In 2019, this day was announced as the “Senah” day, and various celebrations are […]

For this year’s International Day of Jazz on April 30th, member cities of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Music have come together for a joint video project. Jazz music plays an important role in many of the Creative Cities of Music in the network; it was therefore natural for many cities to join under a […]

Music was alive and well in London this March! As a community, we took some important steps towards educating Londoners about our unique UNESCO City of Music designation. We ended the month with a UNESCO City of Music mural unveiling, meeting with the Honourable Neil Lumsden, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, a City of […]

From March 29 2023, 2022 to December 31 2024 Leiria UNESCO City of Music celebrates the WORLD PIANO DAY on March 29th, through the presentation of the musical project THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME – THE PIANO GOES TO SCHOOLS, divided into 2 school cycles, distributed throughout the biennium 2023-2024. The project is aimed at […]

With their first exhibition in Portugal, Gianfranco Gallucci and Lucia Friedrich will present new works in Photography and Painting. With “Desassossego” Lucia and Gianfranco will show metaphorical and literal portraits of the meaning of the disquiet. As its foundation, beyond the individual experience of it’s meaning, Fernando Pessoa’s “Livro do Desassossego” acts as a fundamental reference, further contributing to the incorporation of […]

The most beautiful reflection of Kırşehir’s saz, song, composition, poetry and conversation world is Helebis Nights. As Kırşehir Municipality, we strive to keep Helebis Nights alive and pass them on to our future generations.In order to continue this tradition, we invited local artists from Şanlıurfa, another city in our country, which is very strong like […]

Interconnection: A “Jazz Relay” in Celebration of Life Below Water To celebrate the 2023 International Day of Jazz, the UCCN Cities of Music are working collectively to coordinate a “jazz relay” around the world! On January 28, 2023, Frutillar, Chile (as part of the “Rhythm Between the River and the Lake” Semanas Musicales Music Festival […]

This year Veszprém hosted the annual gathering of the UNESCO Cities of Music between 30 November and 2 December. The three-day event welcomed close to twenty music city representatives,walking them through the sights and sounds of Veszprém. Veszprém has recently emerged as a cultural hub, partly due to the galvanizing effect of the upcoming  European […]