The Wuxi Symphony Orchestra made its debut at the Ljubljana Festival in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, on Aug 20, performing at the Gallus Hall in Cankarjev Dom as the only Chinese orchestra invited to this year's edition.
The Wuxi Symphony Orchestra embarked on its European tour with two musicians staging a flash mob in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Aug 19.
Chinese singer Zhou Shen delivered an impromptu a cappella rendition of the classic folk song Taihu Mei (The Beauty of Taihu Lake) at Nianhuawan Bay in Wuxi on Aug 4.
Nearly 1,000 residents gathered at the Wuxi Symphony Hall on July 4, raising their voices in unison and reveling in the venue's superb acoustics.
British vlogger Adam James Mcilmoyle has captured why Wuxi became China's first UNESCO City of Music in a video filmed right on its streets.
Denise Bax, secretary of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, presented the certificate designating Wuxi as a UNESCO City of Music to Mayor Jiang Feng on Nov 15 on Bogong Island in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.
Sadao Kawakami, a retired Japanese businessman who spent 23 years living in Wuxi, recently penned an article to congratulate the Chinese city on being designated as a UNESCO City of Music.
Wuxi was officially selected as part of the Creative Cities Network by UNESCO on Oct 31, becoming China's first City of Music.
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