The annual Chania Chamber Music Festival, held at the Minoa Palace Resort in Platanias, is an event unusually not linked to local traditional and cultural themes. Because of this and of the venue, it is something of a social occasion – an opportunity to enjoy some out-of-the-ordinary, top-level musical performances while dressing up in one’s summer best, greeting friends not so regularly seen, and enjoying a glass of prosecco and canapés during the extended interval.