Status: 05/20/2022 10:10 a.m
A five meter high replica of Lady Liberty stands in the seaside resort of Heringsdorf on Usedom and points to the highlight of the year: the concerts of the New York Philharmonic from today until May 24th – with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Thomas Hampson, among others.
The New York Philharmonic are currently guests on Usedom. The world-famous orchestra performs at Usedom Music Festival on. The festival celebrates “20 Years of Peenemünde Concerts”.
AUDIO: The “New York Philharmonic” Orchestra as a guest in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (1 min)
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Director Thomas Hummel promotes cohesion
Festival director Thomas Hummel said that in Peenemünde, where the National Socialists once built weapons of mass destruction, it is particularly important in these times, in times of war, that we strive for understanding and cohesion. Hummel has been working towards this moment for ten years. In 2012 he spoke to Kurt Masur for the first time about it, he was honorary music director in New York. “First I said everyone wants the New York Philharmonic. We have very specific ideas for a hotel, we need 150 rooms for such an orchestra and it has been built in the meantime. That made it possible to invite the orchestra . But it took a few years.”
Anne-Sophie Mutter as a soloist
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