Artists' feelings about the Naantali Music Festival 2023. How did the era of the new artistic director Elina Vähälä begin? What kind of elements make a great festival? Interviews were made at the Naantali Kaivohuone during the last days of the festival in June, 2023.
Artists who were interviewed are Elina Vähälä, Jan Söderblom, Liza Ferschtman, Matthew Hunt and Paavali Jumppanen. We also hear extracts from César Franck’s Piano Quintet F minor with Barry Douglas, piano, Elina Vähälä and Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin, Yuval Gotlibovich, viola, and Arto Noras, cello. The performance was recorded at the Opening concert of the festival 6 June 2023.