Making music is a UNESCO cultural heritage site in Germany
At the suggestion of the German Music Council, the German UNESCO Commission and the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs have included amateur instrumental music-making in the nationwide list of intangible cultural heritage
One of the reasons given was that the committee of experts recognized the proposal as an "intergenerational, cross-class and intercultural form of culture". The diverse forms of organization and the wide distribution are remarkable. This enables the participation of a broad range of sponsors in both rural and urban areas, for whom music-making has an identity-forming and integrative function.
According to Martin Maria Krüger, President of the German Music Council, the inclusion of amateur and amateur music-making in the "Nationwide Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage" is a valuable basis for the music policy work of the German Music Council and its member associations in order to improve the framework conditions for musical life in Germany.
In 2014, at the suggestion of the German Music Council and the German Stage Association, in close cooperation with the German Orchestra Association, the German theater and orchestra landscape was already included in the nationwide list of intangible cultural heritage.
