In this episode, Simon Mundy meets Thomas Hummel, Intendant of the Usedom Music Festival.

For three weeks from September to October, the Usedom Music Festival presents the stars and treasures of music from the Baltic Sea region. Annually changing country focuses then show the whole musical diversity of Northern Europe. At the special concert venues on the island of Usedom, the Usedom Music Festival lets The incomparable atmosphere of a cosmopolitan two-country island facing the states of the Baltic Sea region can be experienced. The musical riches of the countries and regions, which the sea connects, sets the traditional event series for it in atmospheric churches, picturesquely situated castles, the magnificent buildings of the imperial spas or in Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns largest industrial monument in Peenemünde in scene. “The Usedom Music Festival brings not only the island, but a whole region to the sound. In fact, the cultural island of Usedom is part of a large family, which the Baltic Sea just does not separate, but connects“, said the German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel on the occasion of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the festival.