In Veszprém, Hungary, a meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network is currently underway. The main coordinator David Dittrich and the coordinator Jana Padrnosová are attending the meeting on behalf of Brno. The first meeting after a long hiatus caused by the pandemic is attended by delegations from London, Canada, Pesaro in Italy, Llíria in Spain, Mannheim in Germany, Hamamatsu in Japan, and representatives of a dozen other cities.
Currently, 59 cities from all over the world are involved in the UNESCO Creative Cities of Music Network. The host city of Veszprém, which has belonged to the prestigious UNESCO Creative Cities Network since 2019, has also been awarded the title of European Capital of Culture 2023. Representatives of Brno managed to arrange bilateral cooperation at the meeting in Veszprém. In August 2023, we can therefore look forward to seeing the musicians who won the first prize at the Veszprém Street Music Festival at the Brno Music Marathon. The project of Brno musicians promoting the work and personality of Leoš Janáček will be directed in the opposite direction. The meeting also resulted in a preliminary agreement on longer-term cooperation between Veszprém, Brno, and Katowice in Poland. Veszprém is a historic city near Balaton, which has made the promotion of musical life an essential pillar of its development plan. The city enjoys a musical underpinning in the form of clubs, educational activities, international and national collaborations and, of course, a number of top music festivals. What was originally a culturally insignificant city is now a leader that all of Hungary looks up to.
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