2024 Festival Schedule
Join us for a curated journey, where music is the adventure, with the characteristic Ojai mix of new and old, familiar and unfamiliar, in the company of remarkable artists who bring vitality, freshness, and a sense of discovery to all that they do. Scroll down to view the 2024 Schedule.
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THU 06|06
3:00PM OJAI TALKS
Ojai Presbyterian Church
Two-part session with Music Director Mitsuko Uchida and featured artists, hosted by Ara Guzelimian and John Schaefer of WQXR New Sounds.
Automatically included in 4-Day Libbey Bowl Passes.
8:00PM OPENING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Brentano String Quartet
HAYDN String Quartet in C, “Bird” Op. 33, No. 3
SCHOENBERG Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
MOZART Fantasy in D minor, K. 397
SCHOENBERG String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
FRI 06|07
8:00AM OJAI DAWNS
Zalk Theater, Besant Hill School
Jay Campbell, cello
Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Ljubinka Kulisic, accordion
KAIJA SAARIAHO Dreaming Chaconne
HELMUT LACHENMANN Interieur I
HELMUT LACHENMANN Toccatina
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA In Croce
Ojai Dawns is a Festival Donor Circle Event. Learn more here >
10:00AM MORNING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl
Julie Smith Phillips, harp
Jay Campbell, cello
Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Rick Stotijn, double bass
Brentano String Quartet
KAIJA SAARIAHO Fall
HELMUT LACHENMANN Pression
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Five Etudes
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
3:30PM SHIFTING GROUND
Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School
Alexi Kenney, violin
Xuan, visual artist
A unique program for solo violin and video projections juxtaposing Baroque works by Bach and Matteis with recent music by Kaija Saariaho, Angélica Negrón, Paul Wiancko, and Salina Fisher. Produced in collaboration with the Baryshnikov Arts, New York.
This performance is an add-on, separate from a Libbey Bowl pass. Click here to purchase >
8:00PM EVENING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director
José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Fanfare for a New Theater
WEBERN Five Movements for Strings, Op. 5
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
MOZART Piano Concerto in E flat, K. 482
SAT 06|08
8:00AM MORNING MEDITATION
Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E Ojai Ave
10:00AM MORNING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl
Ljubinka Kulisic, accordion
Rick Stotijn, double bass
Musicians of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
JOHN ZORN Road Runner
MISSY MAZZOLI Dark with Excessive Bright
JOHN ADAMS Shaker Loops
3:30PM SHIFTING GROUND
(repeat performance)
Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School
Alexi Kenney, violin
Xuan, visual artist
A unique program for solo violin and video projections juxtaposing Baroque works by Bach and Matteis with recent music by Kaija Saariaho, Angélica Negrón, Paul Wiancko and Salina Fisher. Produced in collaboration with the Baryshnikov Arts, New York.
This performance is an add-on, separate from a Libbey Bowl pass. Click here >
8:00PM EVENING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director
Vicente Alberola, clarinet
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Johannes Lörstad, leader in Debussy
José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader in Saariaho
DEBUSSY (arr. SACHS) Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
KAIJA SAARIAHO Lichtbogen
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Elegy (from kínēma)
MOZART Piano Concerto in B flat, K. 595
SUN 06|09
8:00AM MORNING MEDITATION
Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E Ojai Ave
10:00AM MORNING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl
Alexi Kenney, violin
Jay Campbell, cello
Ljubinka Kulisic, accordion
Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Brentano String Quartet
BIBER Passacaglia for solo violin
KAIJA SAARIAHO Six Japanese Gardens
HAYDN From The Seven Last Words of Christ
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA In Croce
2:30PM KAFKA FRAGMENTS
Greenberg Activity Center
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Alexi Kenney, violin
KURTÁG Kafka Fragments
This is a Donor Circle event. Learn more here >
5:30PM COMMUNITY EVENT
Libbey Park
Join us for a free concert in the park!
5:30PM FINALE
Libbey Bowl
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director
José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 46 in B Major
JÖRG WIDMANN Chorale Quartet
MOZART Piano Concerto in G, K. 453
Programs and artists are subject to change.
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