Number 3

Second part

The overall objective of the second part of my work is research of events and achievements of the two cities which were the European Capitals of Culture last year: Vilnius (Lithuania) and Linz (Austria)!

Here is some more information about this cites:

Linz (Austria)

One of the two cites which became the European Capital of Culture in 2009. It is the capital of the state of Upper Austria. Linz is located in the north of Austria, on both sides of the great river Danube.

Here are some interesting parts of the program of Linz 2009:

Linz-Fest – Youth Culture

It is a festival which is organized for young people. The main attraction was music but it wasn’t just a music festival. Also, Film fest was held. I think it is a great idea to organize festivals for modern young people.

Festival 4020. More than Music

It was a very exciting festival. It showed the other way of singing, opened deep sense of various songs in the state language of Austria – German.

Capital of Culture District of the Month.

It is a workshop which was firstly organized back in 2006. The goal of this workshop is to show others your district in the way which they don’t know!

There were many other interesting things that you can watch at

http://www.linz.at/english/index.asp

Vilnius (Lithuania)

Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania and the twin town of Tallinn. It is a beautiful and old city with its own old culture. It was also the Capital of Culture in 2009. Here are the most interesting events:

FILA - European Championship 2009

It was a European Championship in judo, what can I say more...

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2009

It is the biggest jazz event in Lithuania. In this festival there were many famous jazz musicians like Beady Belly, Billy Cobham Band, Rosario Giuliani Quintet, OZMA, Melosolex, La Campagnie des Musiques à Ouïr and CRAM.

Something to start...

Why I have chosen this theme!

I have chosen this theme, because I am interested in culture life of my city, the city where I was born and which I like very much – Tallinn!
I am also interested in European life, in every possible action, such as European football championship (I am interested in sports), theatre performances and Eurovision (I have been watching Euronews channel since I was 10!)
Because of all these, I did not have any doubts what theme to choose!


History of European Capital of Culture

The first European Capital of Culture was Athens due to the idea of Greek representative of culture and later Greek minister of culture Melina Mercouri.

The European Capital of Culture is a city or cities which is the centre of European culture of the year. There are a lot of activities like music festivals, theatre and opera performances, sports events. This city gets many monetary grants to raise level of culture in this town: build new opera or theatre buildings; organise festivals and other events. For example, there was build a new “House of Music” in Porto when it was the European Capital of Culture in 2001. I would like to see some new sport stadiums in Tallinn in 2011! Since 2007, there are 2 or more capitals of the year. In 2000 there were 9 capitals (Avignon (France), Bergen (Norway), Bologna (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Helsinki (Finland), Kraków (Poland), Prague (Czechia), Reykjavík (Iceland), Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

What I wish to learn while doing my research work

I wish to know more about future culture events in Tallinn and why Tallinn wanted to become the European Capital of Culture 2011.

GLOSSARY

monetary - relating to money

grant - an amount of money given to someone, especially by the government, for a particular purpose.

(theatre) performance - A performance of a play in theatre

(sports) event - some matches in sports that are played

Here you can see my map:


Useful links:
www.wikipedia.com