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The concert will feature compositions that reflect the absurdity of war, as well as Tartini’s virtuosic Devil’s Trill Sonata.

Musical service of the Naantali parish.

Naantali Museum and Casa Haartman will have lots of fun for children, activities related to life and houses in the past and a nice atmosphere in the museums’ gardens.

At this park festival, the whole family can enjoy music, games, singing, hobby horse riding, balloons, portrait painting and a soft toy clinic. Organized in cooperation with Save the Children Naantali, Naantali Museum and Casa Haartman.

The afternoon concert of Finland’s most internationally successful string quartet Meta4 will feature Beethoven, Haydn and Tarkiainen.

The final concert of the music camp organised in collaboration between the Music Festival and the String Academy.

The concert evening with a Spanish atmosphere will include Fallen Leaves actor Jussi Vatanen.

The concert features compositions by Beethoven, Debussy and Schoenberg that changed the course of musical history.

The afternoon concert will feature pioneering works by Mozart and Schumann, works that immediately left their mark in the history of their form and never left.

The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, one of the best string orchestras in the world, will visit Naantali with their artistic director Pekka Kuusisto.

The Naantali Music Festival’s international ensemble will perform a collection of the best works by Italian composer Niccolò Paganini.

Naantali Children’s Music Festival presents Maukka and Väykky’s silly day – a musical play that will make the whole family sing, cheer and chatter.

The programme for the opening concert consists of compositions by Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, inspired by passion and love.

Naantali Music Festival is organising a park concert for the first time in the magnificent, historic setting of the Louhisaari manor in Masku Askainen. Born in Uusikaupunki, Bernhard Henrik Crusell worked in Stockholm and his opera The Little Slave Girl from 1824 is not only a landmark in music, but also an entertaining piece that evokes early romanticism.

The band’s repertoire consists of gems from 50s rhythm & blues and jazz. Band members include talented musicians from bands such as Ricky-Tick Big Band, Whistle Bait, Dalindeo and the Jimi Tenor Band. In Naantali, the band will feature visiting soloists like Siiri Nordin, known for her band Killer and the hit song Sydämeni osuman sai.

The string quartet Meta4 takes the audience on a journey through the history and evolution of the leading form of chamber music, all the way from Luigi Boccherini to Robert Schumann and the works of composer Kaija Saariaho. The programme features an enlightening cross-section of music from the heart of court life in the 18th century to the beat of the 21st century – all in the course of one night!

From Osvaldo Golijov to Béla Bartók’s virtuosic Violin Sonata and Georges Enescu’s dazzling Romanian Rhapsody, the concert is a journey through works inspired by the folk music of different cultures. On top of all this, the multi-talented South African Gareth Lubbe amazes listeners as the overtone singing viola soloist.

Contemporary classics meet a timeless hit by Sibelius as the internationally best-known orchestra in Finland dives into the deep end of Finnish music under the baton of Dalia Stasevska.

Composed of six musicians, Total Cello Ensemble will be celebrating its 30-year journey with a special concert. The ensemble will be joined by soprano Marjukka Tepponen, who is familiar from the Finnish National Opera and international stages.

Violinists Inmo Yang and Elina Vähälä will perform one of Arvo Pärt’s most beloved works, Tabula Rasa, a concerto for two violins, as soloists of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Olari Elts will also conduct Anton Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, also known as the Romantic Symphony.

Our homage to the sea, a tradition of the Naantali Music Festival, treads the paths laid out by Jaakko Kuusisto and Franz Schubert. Although Kuusisto did not always compose for the sea, probably not a bar of music would have been composed had he not found inspiration from his sailing trips. The chamber works Miniö […]

Comprised of six singers, Flok adds a long-awaited new name to what is already an impressive a cappella scene in Finland! The winning ensemble of Tampere Vocal Music Festival will be performing songs in Naantali that explore themes of growth and growing pains as well as discovering new directions and staying still.

The Music Festival Evening Club takes the audience of the Kaivohuone to the music of legendary record label Motown, led by singer Johanna Först, known for her soulful voice.

The Naantali Music Festival culminates in a fitting finale at Naantalin Kaivohuone. The evening features Emma Salokoski’s most beloved songs performed by top Finnish musicians. Poetry and longing, frenzy and rebellion – this is what the basic pillars of being human can sound like.