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Message from Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the Occasion of International Jazz Day
教科文組織總干事奧德蕾·阿祖萊國際爵士樂日致辭
30 April 2024
2024年4月30日
“Jazz speaks for life [...] When life itself offers no order and meaning, the musician creates an order and meaning from the sounds of the earth which flow through his instrument”. This is how the great Dr Martin Luther King Jr described jazz at the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival.
“爵士樂為生命發聲[……]當生命本身無法提供秩序和意義時，音樂人用樂器傳遞出大地之聲，從而創造出秩序和意義。”偉大的馬丁·路德·金在1964年柏林爵士樂節對爵士樂作出了這樣的界定。
Sixty years later, in a world plagued by fragmentation and division, his words still ring true.
60年后，在這個日益碎片化和分裂的世界，他的這番話仍然引發共鳴。
This 30 April, when we observe International Jazz Day (IJD), we will be celebrating more than a musical genre. We will be celebrating humanist values. We will be celebrating a commitment to freedom, to liberation and to combating racism and division in all their forms.
值此4月30日國際爵士樂日，我們禮贊的不僅僅是一種音樂類型，更是人文主義價值觀，是對自由、解放、反對一切形式的種族主義和分裂的承諾。
This year, once again, UNESCO is teaming up with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz to make IJD very special. More than 100 countries will be hosting hundreds of events and concerts, in addition to numerous master classes and talks.
今年，教科文組織與赫比·漢考克爵士樂學院再度攜手，讓4月30日這一天成為慶祝爵士樂的盛大節日：數百場活動和音樂會將在100多個國家舉行，同時還將舉辦多場大師班和講座。
The whole world will be dancing to the rhythm of jazz and all eyes will be on Africa – more specifically, on Tangier, Morocco. For on the occasion of IJD 2024, the “pearl of the Strait”, which left a lasting impression on jazz legend Randy Weston, will be leading the international festivities, culminating with a performance by master Gnawa musician Abdellah El Gourd.
屆時，全世界都將隨著爵士樂的節奏舞動，而最吸引全球目光的當屬位于非洲的摩洛哥丹吉爾。這座擁有“海峽明珠”美譽的城市，曾經對爵士樂傳奇人物蘭迪·韋斯頓產生過重大影響。今年，丹吉爾將主辦國際爵士樂日的慶祝活動，而格納瓦音樂大師阿卜杜拉·古爾德（Abdellah El Gourd）的表演，將是慶祝活動的壓軸之作。
These celebrations in Tangier, on African soil, will also allow us to shine the spotlight on the African roots of jazz, as well as on its contemporary reinventions, such as the compositions of Nigeria’s Femi Kuti, which combine jazz, reggaeton and Afrobeat, or Ethio-jazz, born in the jazz clubs of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia.
在非洲土地上的丹吉爾舉辦慶祝活動，也讓我們能夠致敬爵士樂及其當代創新的非洲裔根源，如尼日利亞人費米·庫蒂（Femi Kuti）將雷擊頓（reggaeton）和非洲節拍與爵士樂融合的作品，或是誕生于埃塞俄比亞亞的斯亞貝巴爵士樂俱樂部的埃塞俄比亞爵士樂。
Beyond this international day, UNESCO also supports the music industry in Africa yearround. For the Organization, the African continent is a strategic priority. First of all, UNESCO promotes the diversity of African music, which is central to local – regional and national – identities. Moroccan Gnawa music, Congolese rumba and Cabo Verdean morna are all inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and each tells a story of dialogue and of encounters between cultures and continents.
除此之外，教科文組織全年都致力于支持非洲的音樂產業，非洲是本組織的一個戰略優先事項。首先，教科文組織促進非洲音樂的多樣性，這種多樣性是地方、國家和地區特性的核心所在。例如，摩洛哥的格納瓦（gnaoua）、剛果的倫巴（rumba）和佛得角的莫爾納（morna）均已被列入教科文組織非物質文化遺產名錄，這些音樂向我們講述了不同文化和不同大陸之間對話和相遇的故事。
To promote the diversity of African music, this year UNESCO is collaborating with the organizers of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (Festival des Musiques Urbaines d’Anoumabo – FEMUA), which is taking place from 14 to 19 May in Abidjan, C?te d'Ivoire. The festival will celebrate the rich variety of music found in Africa: from zouglou to coupé-décalé, and from rap to Afrobeat and reggae. On the sidelines of FEMUA, UNESCO is also planning a regional forum on a crucial issue: the fair remuneration of artists in Africa in the digital era.
為了促進非洲音樂的多樣性，教科文組織今年還將與阿努馬波城市音樂節（FEMUA）合作。此次音樂節將于2024年5月14日至19日在科特迪瓦阿比讓舉行，將呈現包括佐格盧（zouglou）、“切挪”說唱（coupé-décalé）、說唱、非洲節拍和雷鬼在內的非洲音樂多樣性。在音樂節期間，教科文組織還將組織一場地區論壇，探討數字時代非洲藝術家的公平報酬這一關鍵問題。
Ensuring better remuneration of musicians and artists and better safeguarding of their rights also means taking action to bolster, through legal measures, their status and social protection. This is the aim of work done by the Organization in 22 African countries within the framework of the UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural Professionals.
提高音樂家和藝術家的報酬并更好地保護他們的權利，也意味著要采取行動，通過法律加強他們的地位和社會保障。而這正是教科文組織在教科文組織—阿什伯格計劃框架內在22個非洲國家開展行動的目的所在。
On this day, UNESCO thus wishes not only to express its love of jazz, but also to reaffirm its concrete commitment, in the field, to supporting the jazz musicians who sweep us off our feet every day. Jazz is more than a type of music; it is a philosophy, a commitment. Jazz is a call to foster the values of humanity and peace, and it is up to us to heed that call.
值此國際日，教科文組織不僅要再次表達對爵士樂的熱愛，更要重申其在實地為爵士音樂人提供支持的具體承諾，這些音樂人總是讓我們驚嘆不已。總之，爵士樂不僅僅是一種音樂，它也是一種哲學，一種承諾，承載著人文與和平的價值觀。且讓我們傾耳聆聽。
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