The world-famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin wrote then that the purpose of celebrating the day is the promotion of musical art among all sections of society, the application of the UNESCO ideals of peace and friendship between peoples and of the evolution of their cultures, and the promotion of the activities of the International Music Day.
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin je takrat zapisal, da je namen praznovanja tega dne spodbujanje promocije glasbene umetnosti v celotni družbi, poudarjanje Unescovih idealov o miru in prijateljstvu ter kulturnem razvoju in predstavljanje aktivnosti Mednarodnega glasbenega sveta.