Welcome to Naantali Music Festival!

Naantali Music Festival kicks off the summer. Its varied, high standard concerts are arranged at idyllic venues in the seaside resort of Naantali and the surrounding districts. Whether you attend one, a couple, or all of these concerts, you can be sure of fine music and celebration.

Upcoming events

6.6.

Première!

Naantali Music Festival starts with a bang! Duo per Due, composed especially for this concert by Auli Sallinen, is premiered by Arto Noras, who has led the Music Festival for 40 years, and the new artistic director, violinist Elina Vähälä. Belgian composer César Franck’s works are filled with passion and the pathos of late Romanticism, while Korean composer Jeajoon Ryu’s cello sonata translates the beauty of the 19th century into contemporary language.

Lahti Symphony Orchestra & Inmo Yang

7.6.

The winner of the Sibelius Violin Competition 2022, Inmo Yang visits Naantali together with Lahti Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Storgårds.

SIbelius and the sounds of nature

8.6.

Finnish music was born in the forest. Finnish music was born in the forest. Jean Sibelius heard the echoes of both his great symphonies and his aphoristic piano pieces in birdsong and humming trees, and it was from nature’s mysterious seduction that the thrilling story of the Wood Nymph was born. For Outi Tarkiainen, inspired by the nature of Lapland, the forest provides a hiding place, a platform for spiritual growth and a home for ancient stories. Outi Tarkiainen is one of the fastest rising Finnish composers of her generation internationally.

A dinner concert in the spirit of Billie Holiday

8.6.

Finnish blues queen Marjo Leinonen and saxophonist Jukka Perko and his PreBoppers band offer evergreen, heel-rocking jazz in the spirit of BIllie Holiday, accompanied by three-course dinner.

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Artists

Arto Noras

Arto Noras is a contemporary giant of cello art. After studying under Yrjö Selin at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Paul Tortelier in Paris, his success at the 1966 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition marked the start of a notable international career.

Barry Douglas

Leading Irish pianist Barry Douglas has enjoyed a long and successful international career, performing as a soloist with all major orchestras and remaining popular as a recitalist and chamber musician. performing as a soloist with all major orchestras and remaining popular as a recitalist and chamber musician.

Elina Vähälä

Elina Vähälä is among the most sought-after Finnish violinists in the international music scene. Her sound and virtuosity win praise from music critics around the world and her playing has been praised as dazzling, sensitive and brilliant.

Meta4

Founded in 2001, Meta4 is one of Finland’s most successful string quartets. Its international career began with victory at the 2004 Dmitri Shostakovich Competition in Moscow.