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2026 Ojai Music Festival Schedule
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director
LEGEND:
Morning Concert at Libbey Bowl
Evening Concert at Libbey Bowl
Beyond the Bowl (off-site) Events, and other Add-Ons
Free Events
THU 06.11.26
Ojai Talks
SOLD OUT
Ojai Presbyterian Church
THU 06.11.26 3PM
Esa-Pekka Salonen and featured artists in conversation.
Ojai Talks is automatically included for subscribers with 4-Day Libbey Bowl Passes
Address: 304 Foothill Rd, Ojai, CA 93023
Evening Concert
RESERVED SEATING SOLD OUT
Libbey Bowl
THU 06.11.26 8PM
Performers
Attacca Quartet | Geneva Lewis, violin | Anthony McGill, clarinet | Jay Campbell, cello | Conor Hanick, piano
Reena ESMAIL Darshan, III. Charukeshi
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Drømmelogikk (U.S. Premiere)
John ADAMS Selections from Visions Fugitives (World Premiere)
Song Without Words
Il Testardo
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Homunculus
Olivier MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
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FRI 06.12.26
Ojai Dawns
SOLD OUT
Zalk Theater, Besant Hill School
FRI 06.12.26 8AM
Performers
Attacca Quartet
David LANG Daisy
George CRUMB Black Angels
The Ojai Dawns Concert is first offered as a benefit to our Member Circle of donors. Learn more here.
Morning Concert
Libbey Bowl
FRI 06.12.26 10:30AM
Performers
Geneva Lewis, violin | Conor Hanick, piano | Jay Campbell, cello | Rose Lombardo, flute | Todd Mollenberg, celesta | Jonathan Hepfer, percussion | Hanzhi Wang, accordion | Todd Moellenberg, harpsichord
Oliver KNUSSEN Reflection
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Arabesques for Olly
Franco DONATONI Ave
Luciano BERIO Sequenza XIII
Iannis XENAKIS Komboï
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
Ojai Chats – FREE
Libbey Park Gazebo
FRI 06.12.26 12PM
In-depth conversation with artists and composers and host John Schaefer of WQXR’s New Sounds.
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
Ojai Films: Wings of Desire
Ojai Playhouse
FRI June 12 | 1:00PM
Details
Year: 1987
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Running Time: 2hr 8min
Rated: PG-13
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk (playing himself) that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Film selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Address for Playhouse: 145 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023
Beyond the Bowl: L.A. Dance Project
Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School Lower Campus
FRI 06.12.26 3:30PM
Performers
L.A. Dance Project | Benjamin Millepied, Artistic Director | Rose Lombardo, flute | Jay Campbell, cello | Nathan Schram, viola | Hanzhi Wang, accordion
The premiere of a program of dances with the brilliant artists of L.A. Dance Project, set to a group of Luciano Berio’s dizzyingly virtuosic Sequenzas.
By arrangement with B&H Music Publishing Inc., U.S., Canada, and Mexican agent for Universal Edition, publisher and copyright owner.
Address: 723 El Paseo Rd, Ojai, CA 93023
Ojai Chats – FREE
Libbey Park Gazebo
FRI 06.12.26 6:30PM
In-depth conversation with artists and composers and host John Schaefer of WQXR’s New Sounds.
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
Evening Concert
RESERVED SEATING SOLD OUT
Libbey Bowl
FRI 06.12.26 8PM
Performers
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Jay Campbell, cello | Colburn Orchestra | Mert Yalniz, conductor | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Steven STUCKY Colburn Variations
Esa-Pekka SALONEN kinēma
Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI Grave (Metamorphoses for cello and strings)
Arnold SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
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SAT 06.13.26
Morning Meditation – FREE
Ojai Meadows Preserve
SAT 06.13.26 8AM
Performers
To be announced
Bird-inspired music by Franco Donatoni and Olivier Messiaen featuring Festival artists.
In partnership with the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Address for Parking (Saint Thomas Aquinas Church): 185 St Thomas Dr, Ojai, CA 93023
Morning Concert
SOLD OUT
Libbey Bowl
SAT 06.13.26 10:30AM
Performers
Rose Lombardo, flute | Jay Campbell, cello | Conor Hanick, piano | Leila Josefowicz, violin | John Novacek, piano
Claude DEBUSSY Syrinx
Kaija SAARIAHO Sept Papillons
Esa-Pekka SALONEN From Six Preludes
Iscrizione per un amico
Libellulu Meccanica
Chorale
Pavane
Sisar
John ADAMS Road Movies
Ojai Chats – FREE
Libbey Park Gazebo
SAT 06.13.26 12PM
In-depth conversation with artists and composers and host John Schaefer of WQXR’s New Sounds.
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
Ojai Films: Fallen Leaves
Ojai Playhouse
SAT June 13 | 1:00PM
Details
Year: 2023
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Alma Poysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiainen
Running Time: 1hr 21min
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
Film selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Address for Playhouse: 145 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023
Beyond the Bowl: L.A. Dance Project (Repeat Performance)
SOLD OUT
Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School Lower Campus
SAT 06.13.26 3:30PM
Performers
L.A. Dance Project | Benjamin Millepied, Artistic Director | Rose Lombardo, flute | Jay Campbell, cello | Nathan Schram, viola | Hanzhi Wang, accordion
The premiere of a program of dances with the brilliant artists of L.A. Dance Project, set to a group of Luciano Berio’s dizzyingly virtuosic Sequenzas.
By arrangement with B&H Music Publishing Inc., U.S., Canada, and Mexican agent for Universal Edition, publisher and copyright owner.
Address: 723 El Paseo Rd, Ojai, CA 93023
Ojai Chats – FREE
Libbey Park Gazebo
SAT 06.13.26 6:30PM
In-depth conversation with artists and composers and host John Schaefer of WQXR’s New Sounds.
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
Evening Concert
SOLD OUT
Libbey Bowl
SAT 06.13.26 8PM
Performers
LA Phil New Music Group | Geneva Lewis, violin | Aleksandra Melaniuk, conductor | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gabriella SMITH Anthozoa
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Lachen verlernt
Magnus LINDBERG Related Rocks
Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR Ró
John ADAMS Chamber Symphony
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
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SUN 06.14.26
Morning Meditation – FREE
Chaparral Auditorium
SUN 06.14.26 8AM
Music of Saariaho, Ravel, and more
Free and open to the public, limited capacity, no late seating.
Address: 414 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023
Performers
Geneva Lewis, violin | Jay Campbell, cello
Morning Concert
SOLD OUT
Libbey Bowl
SUN 06.14.26 10:30AM
Olivier MESSIAEN Abyss of the Birds (from Quartet for the End of Time)
Jessie MONTGOMERY Peace
Niccolò CASTIGLIONI Dulce refrigerium
An Attacca Quartet playlist:
Bryce DESSNER Circles
Michael IPPOLITO Smoke Rings
RADIOHEAD Pyramid Song (arr. Amy Schroeder)
Shye BEN TZUR | Jonny GREENWOOD | RAJASTHAN EXPRESS Junun (arr. by Nathan Schram)
John ADAMS Iron Jig (world premiere)
Performers
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Hanzhi Wang, accordion | Conor Hanick, piano | Attacca Quartet
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
Family Concert – FREE
Ojai Art Center
SUN 06.14.26 12PM
Performers
To be announced
A family-friendly concert for the young and young at heart.
Address: 113 S Montgomery St, Ojai, CA 93023, to enter from Libbey, use the Joan Kemper Way bridge
Ojai Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Ojai Playhouse
SUN June 14 | 1:00PM
Details
Year: 1968
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Running Time: 2hr 29min (plus intermission)
Rated: G
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
Film selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Address for Playhouse: 145 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023
Beyond the Bowl
SOLD OUT
Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School
SUN 06.14.26 2:30PM
Performers
Jonathan Hepfer, percussion | Aron Kallay, celesta | Todd Moellenberg, piano
Alvin LUCIER Nothing is Real
Vinko GLOBOKAR Toucher
Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN Refrain
Brian FERNEYHOUGH Bone Alphabet
Morton FELDMAN King of Denmark
This concert is first offered as a benefit to our Partner Circle of donors. Learn more here.
Address: 723 El Paseo Rd, Ojai, CA 93023
Finale Concert
SOLD OUT
Libbey Bowl
SUN 06.14.26 5:30PM
Performers
Geneva Lewis, violin | Leila Josefowicz, violin | Bridget Esler, soprano | Eric Finbarr Carey, tenor | Abdiel Gonzalez, baritone | Colburn Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
J.S. BACH Prelude from the Partita No. 3 in E major for violin, BWV 1006
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Fog
György LIGETI Violin Concerto
Igor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella
Address: 210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
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Schedule as of 03.10.26. Programs and artists are subject to change.