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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, Free Events, and other Add-Ons
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
Evening Concert
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 New work for violin and cello (U.S. Premiere)
John ADAMS China Gates
John ADAMS American Berserk
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Homunculus
Olivier MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
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FRI 06.12.26
Ojai Dawns
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 | Vicki Ray, piano | 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
Ojai Films
Ojai Playhouse
FRI June 12 | 1:00PM
A film selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen, selection to be announced.
Beyond the Bowl: L.A. Dance Project
Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School
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.
Evening Concert
Libbey Bowl
FRI 06.12.26 8PM
Performers
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Jay Campbell, cello | Colburn Orchestra | 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)
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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
Morning Concert
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 Preludes
John ADAMS Road Movies
Ojai Films
Ojai Playhouse
SAT June 13 | 1:00PM
A film selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen, selection to be announced.
Beyond the Bowl: L.A. Dance Project (Repeat Performance)
Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School
SAT 06.13.26 3:30PM
Performers
L.A. Dance Project | Benjamin Millepied, Artistic Director | Rose Lombardo, flute | Jay Campbell, cello | Nathan Schram, viola | Ljubinka Kulisic, 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.
Evening Concert
Libbey Bowl
SAT 06.13.26 8PM
Performers
LA Phil New Music Group | Geneva Lewis, violin | Mert Yalniz, conductor | 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
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SUN 06.14.26
Morning Meditation – FREE
Chaparral Auditorium
SUN 06.14.26 8AM
Music of Saariaho, Ravel, and more
Performers
Geneva Lewis, violin | Jay Campbell, cello
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)
Morning Concert
Libbey Bowl
SUN 06.14.26 10:30AM
Performers
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Hanzhi Wang, accordion | Conor Hanick, piano | Attacca Quartet
Family Concert – FREE
Libbey Park
SUN 06.14.26 12PM
Performers
To be announced
A family-friendly concert for the young and young at heart.
Ojai Films
Ojai Playhouse
SUN June 14 | 1:00PM
A film selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen, selection to be announced.
Beyond the Bowl
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.
Finale Concert
Libbey Bowl
SUN 06.14.26 5:30PM
Performers
Leila Josefowicz, violin | Bridget Esler, soprano | Eric Finbarr Carey, tenor | Abdiel Gonzalez, baritone | Colburn Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Esa-Pekka SALONEN FOG
György LIGETI Violin Concerto
Igor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella
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Schedule as of 03.10.26. Programs and artists are subject to change.