Schwerin / Peenemünde (dpa / mv) – The New York Philharmonic Orchestra will be a guest at the Peenemünde Historical-Technical Museum between May 20 and 22, 2022 under the motto “Peace, Diversity and Freedom”. “The cultural exchange is an important cornerstone of the transatlantic relationship,” said Darion Keith Akins, Consul General of the USA in Hamburg, at a press conference on Wednesday in Schwerin. The three-day guest performance is a special concert by the Usedom Music Festival, which, according to its director Thomas Hummel, has been working towards the visit for more than ten years.
From the point of view of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Tourism Association “the residence of the New York Philharmonic is an event of the century with which we want to send an international sign of attention and a signal of peace and freedom,” commented Birgit Hesse, President of the State Parliament and the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Tourism Association. the visit.
With the concert venue in the power plant on the site of the former Peenemünde Army Research Center, the organizers want to remember the Nazi past. The guest will also be the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, who will perform a piece dedicated to her by her deceased husband André Previn, whose family fled the Nazis to the USA.
The American guest performance is financed without sponsors, according to Hummel. As Hesse added, the Ministry of Economic Affairs bears the 910,000 euro investment, which is also intended to promote tourism in the country. According to the information, there are also ticket revenues.
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