Romantic guitar sounds in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Between lakes and the Baltic Sea coast, amidst wide landscapes and historical settlements, the internationally awarded guitarist Stefan Grasse invites you to a special concert series in selected churches.
The focus is on romantic and impressionistic music for classical guitar. Alongside his own neo-classical compositions – inspired by the nature, expanses, and light of the region – works by Erik Satie and Heitor Villa-Lobos will be performed.
Erik Satie's music captivates with its simple, meditative clarity and unfolds a quiet, timeless intensity. Heitor Villa-Lobos, on the other hand, creates colorful soundscapes – with floating harmonies, delicate rhythmic impulses, and poetic expressiveness.
"Kirchen · Seen · Musik" opens sound spaces full of atmosphere and poetry – intense, moving, and entirely devoted to the magic of the moment.

Admission: 19:30

Free entry, donations welcome.

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

On the promenade directly below the historic pier in the seaside resort of Ahlbeck, the Varieté PromenArt will showcase top-notch artists and a spectacular program for your entertaining enjoyment.

In the ambiance of a garden atmosphere, you will be enchanted by the wonderful world of small arts - this is something you definitely should not miss.

Doors open: 19:30

10 AM – 5 PM, Meeting point: Protestant Church Seebad Ahlbeck
Stations: Ahlbeck, Benz, Mellenthin, Liepe, Stolpe

ARTHUR-BALTHASAR HANDKE (organ) and BÄRBEL FINN (tour guide)

Usedom has beaches and forests, sea and lakes, fields, meadows, and swamps. At the same time, the island is an ancient cultural landscape. The hinterland of Usedom has been settled for much longer than the coast. Churches up to eight hundred years old and picturesque castles bear witness to this. In a guided tour in an air-conditioned bus, one can experience Usedom away from the beaches and hear a small concert at each station.

LEMON SQUEEZY: DAVID HOLST (Lead), VICTOR NILSSON (Tenor), SAM MOLAVI (Baritone) and MARTIN JANGÖ (Bass)

Four voices, one sound that inspires: Since 2010, the Swedish vocal quartet has represented fresh energy, musical versatility, and a lot of joy in performance. Rooted in Scandinavian choral culture, the four singers move effortlessly between barbershop, jazz, and groovy a cappella arrangements. Since their victory as International Barbershop Quartet Champions 2025 in Denver, it has been clear: Lemon Squeezy is among the world elite. With two albums, international performances, and a distinctive style, the a cappella quartet brings the highest precision and captivating humor to the stage.

Works by Hugo Alfvén, Johan Helmich Roman, Alice Tegnér, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Laura Netzel / Niccolò Lago, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Otto Olsson, Carl Leopold Sjöberg, and Gustaf Nordqvist

The Pellbäck siblings are a phenomenon. In 2022, they inaugurated the "Queen Silvia Concert Hall" in Stockholm in the presence of Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Hansine was already on stage at the "Polar Music Prize Gala" for Anne-Sophie Mutter at the age of fifteen. All three have emerged musically from the special programs of the Stockholm Lilla Akademien. Lucas is now continuing his education at the Mozarteum Salzburg, while Hermann is an Artist in Residence at the Ingesund College of Music. Their concert in Usedom is a love letter to the music of their homeland Sweden, to the baroque splendor of the "Swedish Handel" Johan Helmich Roman, to the vital outdoor romanticism of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, and to the country that was so progressive that even in the 19th century, women could expose themselves as composers – even though Laura Netzel wisely published her first works under the pseudonym "N. Lago" before she dared to publish under her own name a decade later. An evening rich in joyful surprises!

Franz Berwald: Piano Trio No. 3 in D minor
Amanda Maier: Piano Trio in E-flat major
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Trio in D minor Op. 49

Amanda Maier is one of the Swedish women, alongside Alice Tegnér and Elfrida Andrée, who made a name for themselves as composers by the end of the 19th century – she was even the first woman to pass the music director exam in Sweden and performed her own violin concerto in 1876 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Carl Reinecke. Her husband, the German-Dutch composer Julius Röntgen, who was connected to Johannes Brahms and a lifelong friend of Edvard Grieg, supported her in this endeavor. The Phaeton Piano Trio – three internationally acclaimed soloists from the Kronberg Academy and the Royal Academy of Music London, guesting in venues such as the Frick Collection New York and the Library of Congress in Washington – surrounds Maier's work with two trios by men, in which the brilliance of the woman is aptly reflected: the Stockholm contemporary of Schubert, Franz Berwald, and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, whose D minor trio is considered one of the most virtuosic works in this genre.

A musical journey for children and young people

ANDREAS PEER KÄHLER (Project Leader, Composer, and Conductor), KAMMERORCHESTER UNTER DEN LINDEN
and students from the Usedom schools

The school project of the Usedom Music Festival 2026 invites you on an imaginative musical journey around the globe. Together with the Kammerorchester Unter den Linden, students from the region are creating an interactive concert that will be developed in workshops and brought to the stage at the Pommernhalle Ahlbeck. On an imaginary ship journey from Usedom across Europe, Asia, and America, the participants will explore different cultures, sounds, and forms of expression through music, dance, and theatrical play. The results of this intensive project work will culminate in a final concert full of diversity and creativity.