露易丝·米切尔 　　方胜 摄

  Louise Catherine Mitchell:British welcomes more cities of music

  格拉斯哥联合国教科文组织音乐之都项目主任露易丝·米切尔:

  期待更多城市加入音乐之都

  “I am sure before long there will be some City of Music from other parts of the world,” said Louise Catherine Mitchell, director of the program of UNESCO City of Music in Glasgow, U.K. yesterday.

  There are now four UNESCO Cities of Music, namely Seville from Spain, Glasgow from U.K., Bologna from Italy and Ghent from Belgium, all of which are European cities. But Mitchell believed it's just a coincidence, “There is fine music all over the world, different kinds of music. For example from China, from Brazil, etc.”

  Mitchell's first visit to Shenzhen is in 2006, after attending an international music conference in Hong Kong. She was impressed with Shenzhen's atmosphere and efforts in music. She went to the Shenzhen Music Hall, which was still being built then. “I heard Shenzhen is a City of Piano. I like the music hall also but I haven't seen it since it's been opened. So I will go and have a look during this trip.”

  格拉斯哥联合国教科文组织音乐之都项目主任露易丝·米切尔认为：“不久之后，一定会有欧洲之外地区的城市成为音乐之都。”

  现在，世界上一共有四座联合国教科组织命名的音乐之都，分别是西班牙塞维利亚、英国格拉斯哥、意大利博洛尼亚和比利时根特。这四座城市都在欧洲，但米切尔坚信这只是个巧合而已。“世界各地都有各种各样很好的音乐，比如中国，比如巴西，等等。”

  米切尔第一次到访深圳是在2006年，那时正好她到香港参加一次音乐方面的国际会议。她对深圳的音乐氛围和在音乐方面的努力印象深刻。她参观过还在建设之中的深圳音乐厅。“我听说深圳是钢琴之城，我也很喜欢深圳音乐厅，但是它建好之后还没有机会去参观。这次来深圳我一定会去那里看一看。”

  （方胜）