Horten Chamber Music Fest is an international music festival arranged yearly in Horten.The festival was started in 2009 by artistic director, Kari Ravnan. Horten Chamber Music Fest presents concerts with a high artistic profile and a focus on the intimate contact between musicians and audience. It also aims to build an interest and enjoyment of Chamber Music in Horten and the rest of Norway.Horten Chamber Music Fest aims to combine a high artistic and professional level with local involvement and the promotion of classical music. Artistic director, Kari Ravnan, started the festival in order to provide Vestfold a chamber music festival of high international quality, as well as have an arena to also involve talentful youth in a professional setting. With annual regional and municipal support, the festival has developed through the years to be a well-known and highly respected chamber music festival. Horten Chamber Music Fest is a non-profit organizaion run by a self-constituting board, consisting of volunteers. In addition, there is an artistic director and a general manager.In recent years, a group of volunteers, ”Kammertjenerne”, has made an invaluable contribution during the festival. Horten Chamber Music Fest aims to strengthen the board with increased professional competence as well as continue to expand the Kammertjener group.