President of the Republic to Kultaranta

Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
Press Release 8 June 2011

President of the Republic Tarja Halonen and Dr Pentti Arajärvi will begin their stay at Kultaranta, the President’s summer residence, on Saturday, 11 June 2011. They will arrive at the Market Square in Helsinki at 8.30 a.m. and embark for Naantali aboard the President’s yacht, Kultaranta VIII.

The City of Naantali will organise a welcoming ceremony at the marina (Kilta jetty) on the same day at 6.30 p.m., after which President Halonen will attend a concert organised in Naantali church as part of the Naantali Music Festival.

Concert and sculpture exhibition at Kultaranta garden

One of the opening events this summer will include a park concert organised at Kultaranta garden on Sunday, 12 June. Forming part of the programme of the Naantali Music Festival, the concert will feature mezzosoprano Monica Groop as soloist.

This summer Kultaranta will also host an exhibition of Finnish sculpture. Last summer witnessed the first sculpture exhibition to be organised at Kultaranta. The initiative for the exhibition came from President of the Republic Tarja Halonen. This year the Alfred Kordelin Foundation is also involved in the arrangements, and the intention is to continue to organise exhibitions under the title Alfred Kordelin at Kultaranta.

This summer the exhibition will feature the works of artist Kaisu Koivisto, whose welded steel-bar sculptures will be on display in the Kultaranta garden between 14 June and 28 August 2011.

The public has the opportunity to admire the sculptures and the Kultaranta garden on guided tours organised by Naantali Tourist Service. The Kultaranta garden is also open to the public on summer Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m.