Music Projects

Auckland Festival of Photography and Auckland UNESCO City of Music are proud to present the inaugural Aotearoa Music Photography Award | Whakaahua Puoro Toa competition to be held during NZ Music Month – May 2021! “Music photography is an art form; whether it’s a community event, a big festival highlights or a gig review, photography […]

In collaboration with Auckland Live, Auckland UNESCO City of Music is thrilled to be launching the inaugural Young Gig Makers Grant, an initiative set to support young and aspiring music event organisers and musicians with a micro-grant of cash plus in-kind technical support and equipment to present an all-ages concert or music performance in the Auckland region.  […]

by Kevin McManus, Liverpool City of Music The joy that music can bring to all of us has just been underlined for me by the text I’ve just received from my niece Jess. She was so excited that my phone almost burst under the sheer weight of emoji’s signalling that I was dealing with a […]

200 years discovering and training young talents Llíria will celebrate its more than two centuries of musical training with the “Llíria City of Music International Orchestra Conducting Competition”. It will be held the week of July 12 to 17, 2021, and it will be the first major music competition open to participants from all over […]

Llíria City of Music celebrated this Thursday, April 15, World Art Day with an innovative initiative to highlight the 17 Sustainable Development Goals through painting and creativity. For that purpose, it has enjoyed the cooperation of three other cities belonging to the UNESCO Network: Bilbao, Creative City of Design; Viborg, Creative City of Digital Arts […]

Three ceremonies were held in the Ferdowsi sidewalk of Sanandaj for new year ceremony (Nowruz). First ceremony was Traditional- ritual ceremony and it included playing Dol and Serna (Kurdish traditional instruments), traditional Kurdish dance, and moving Beautiful and attractive dolls. Second ceremony was arrangement of Haftsin table. Haftsin is an Iranian and Traditional ritual for […]

  Guitarist Rafael Serrallet, professor at the local music conservatory, offered two concerts and a conference in Cape Verde.   The music of Llíria has merged this month with the Cap Verdean music through UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The prestigious guitarist Rafael Serrallet, professor at the Music Conservatory of Llíria, visited this African island on […]

The IX International String-Bow music Festival L’arte del Arco was held on March 15-21, 2021 in Kazan, organized by the Kazan Chamber Orchestra La Primavera and its artistic director and principal conductor Rustem Abyazov. The festival took place on the stages of three cities in the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny and Nizhnekamsk), where […]

Unveiling of the license plate ceremony for the creative music city of Sanandaj On February 4, 2021, coinciding with the 42th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Unveiling of the license plate ceremony of UNESCO license plate on the wall of Sanandaj Municipality, which is one of the oldest buildings in the city, […]