The concerts included in the program of the Organ Nights Festival will take place every Saturday, starting at 18:00, until October. What new elements does the program of this year's edition bring?

Every year, we try to invite new organists who bring a new repertoire along with their concerts.

We also invest in instruments every year. In the last few months for example, we've done extensive restoration works on the organ manual. This manual, which was made in 1839, has never been through an extensive restoration process. The organ couldn't even be played in the last few months, because the entire mechanism was removed.

Now, we expect those who come and listen to the instrument for the first time to notice this newly repaired manualtoo, and to search with us, who help them, for new sounds, for a new repertoire that will give people the things they want to hear, the things they know on the one handbut also new works that they get to know along with these artists who play for the very first time.

How would you describe these concerts for the listeners who are not familiar with the grand sonority of the instrument to which this festival is dedicated, namely the organ?

The organ, as a separate instrument, would not exert on its own all the fascination that it has in conjunction with the church. Therefore, I think they have to be seen as a whole. This binominal, the organ and the church, formsthe atmosphere that people search for and appreciate.

This artistic act can be seen in various ways. It can be a very soothing, meditative music, in which one seeks to pray, to find some tranquility. It can be great, it can be energizing sometimes. There are all the known human experiencesin the ecclesial context, but they're put in a relationship between the man and the divine, and I think that for a listener, this is an additional element to a concertthat takes place in a normal concert hall or in an open space, let's say.