The World Music Contest (WMC) is above all a celebra­tion of music. The festival, which has been held every four years in Kerkrade since 1951, is a meeting place where musicians and visitors from different back­grounds can come into contact and where cultures unite in order to make music. WMC offers a platform for contests on a global level – but most of all, it looks to connect people. It establishes valuable crossovers in wind music and encourages unique musical experiments.