World Music Day 2023: History, significance, theme and other details
2 min read 21 Jun 2023, 01:10 PM ISTWorld Music Day celebrated on 21 June every year to honour music's spirit and significance. Professional and amateur musicians come together to perform concerts for the public. The theme for World Music Day 2023 is yet to be announced.
PremiumWorld Music Day, also known as Fête de la Musique is celebrated every year on 21 June to honour the spirit of music and rejoice in the same. It is designated to pay tribute to music, an art that plays a significant role in everyone’s lives. The theme for World Music Day 2023 is yet to be announced.
Music is the essence of life and World Music Day is about sharing the power of music with others. On this day, several professional musicians and amateurs come together to perform at concerts that are organized and various genres of music are made available to the public. In France, people are encouraged to play music outdoors as a way of celebration of this day.
The first International World Music Day was celebrated in 1982 on the day of Summer Solstice. The event took place in Paris at Fête de la Musique. Jack Lang, a French Politician and music journalist conceptualized the idea with Maurice Fleuret, a music composer and radio producer, of commemorating World Music Day. They were both key members of the French Ministry of Culture. He urged people to come out of their homes and celebrate the event by playing music on Summer Solstice. World Music Day has now become a global celebration.
Every year, the theme has been different for World Music Day. International Music Day 2022’s theme was ‘Music at the Intersections’ as a way to encourage people to create and share more music and for 2021 was ‘Make Music Day’. The themes emphasize on restriction-free sharing of music in all ways. The theme for this year is yet to be announced.
World Music Day is observed to encourage aspiring musicians to share their art and create a forum for artists to demonstrate their abilities. It is celebrated to emphasize the value of music in life. It is observed in more than 120 nations with public concerts held in parks and stadiums free of cost and a way for everyone to be a part of the events. Even artists do not charge for performing on this day as it is music performed in spirit, meant to bring everyone closer.