CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2026

THESE CONCERTS AT ANCIENT APTERA FORM PART OF THE FESTIVAL OF CRETE, CO-ORGANIZED WITH THE REGION OF CRETE AND THE EPHORATE OF ANTIQUITIES OF CHANIA

Free admission with entry passes

The closing concerts of the Chamber Music Festival Chania at the Theatre of Ancient Aptera have, in recent years, become a successful institution and a symbol of the ability of classical music to speak to every person, regardless of place or time.

This year, once again, the Festival welcomes its loyal audience to this historic and idyllic setting, presenting works of exceptional significance and beauty. The indefatigable violinist Giorgos Demertzis, one of the cornerstones not only of the Festival but of Greek musical life as a whole, performs the Sonata for Solo Violin by Nikos Skalkottas, the greatest Greek composer of the twentieth century, whose music was brought to wider public attention to a considerable extent through Demertzis’s performances and recordings.

The Festival then promises a dazzling interpretation of Kodály’s Duo, while the concert—and, by extension, the entire Festival—concludes with a beloved work by a beloved composer: the magnificent String Quintet No. 2 by the great German Romantic Johannes Brahms.