In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), the Cultural Affairs Bureau will host the “Macao International Music Festival Forum” themed “Music and Arts Festivals as Drivers of a City’s Cultural Development” from 30 September to 1 October at the Macao Cultural Centre conference room, conducted by various renowned guests from cultural sectors from both overseas and the nearby regions. Additionally, the publication 30th Macao International Music Festival Special Commemorative Edition will be launched, featuring the development and transformation of the Festival.

The “Macao International Music Festival Forum” features a number of talks and discussion sessions by prominent practitioners from overseas and the nearby regions, including Managing Director of Barbican Centre, Sir Nicholas Kenyon; Founder and Executive Director of Verbier Festival, Martin Engstroem; CEO of Arts House Limited, Singapore, Lee Chor Lin; Executive Director of Hong Kong Arts Festival, Tisa Ho; Co-founder and Artistic Director of Clockenflap, Hong Kong’s Music and Arts Festival, Jay Forster; Digital Strategist of Clockenflap, Hong Kong's Music and Arts Festival, Simon Bratt; Dean of the School of Music of Shanghai University, Wang Yong; Director of Shanghai Culture Square, Zhang Jie; General Manager of Wu Promotions, Wu Jiatong, among others. Admission to the forum is free and all are welcome to register. Seats are limited and will be severed on a first-come, first-served basis.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Festival, the Cultural Affairs Bureau will launch the publication 30th Macao International Music Festival Special Commemorative Edition, which covers programme reviews and the historical evolution of the Festival in the past years, as well as insightful commentaries and news articles by former festival directors and local scholars, offering an overview of the Festival’s contribution to Macao’s cultural development over the past three decades.

The public is welcome to register for the Forum through the MIMF website (www.icm.gov.mo/fimm), or submit completed application forms, available in the Cultural Affairs Bureau and its public libraries, by mail or in person (during office hours) to the Cultural Affairs Bureau Building at Tap Siac Square by 28 September . The aforementioned publication will be available for sale at the performance venues during the Festival. For enquiries, please call IC through tel. no. 83996699, during office hours.