Since 2012, the Ojai Music Festival has expanded its global footprint building a worldwide audience and has deepened connections with patrons throughout the year with free Live Stream Broadcasts. The 78th Festival, June 6 to 9, continues this offering with acclaimed pianist Mitsuko Uchida as Music Director.
You can watch the free live streams of the Libbey Bowl concerts from the Festival’s home page which will begin Thu, June 6 at 8pm. The complete evening concerts will only be available at the time of the performance. Full morning concerts and highlights of the evening concerts will be available on our website and on our YouTube channel following the Festival. Below is the schedule of concerts to be live streamed.
For more context on this year’s Festival, enjoy these links:
THU June 6, 2024
8:00PM OPENING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl
Brentano String Quartet | Mitsuko Uchida piano | Lucy Fitz Gibbon soprano
HAYDN String Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No. 3 (“Bird”)
SCHOENBERG Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
MOZART Fantasy in D minor, K. 397
SCHOENBERG String Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
FRI June 7, 2024
10:00AM
Julie Smith Phillips harp | Jay Campbell cello | Sae Hashimoto percussion | Naomi Shaham double bass | Brentano String Quartet
KAIJA SAARIAHO Fall
HELMUT LACHENMANN Pression
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Five Etudes
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
8:00PM
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 June 8, 2024
10:00AM
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
8:00PM
This concert will be shown in it’s entirety only the evening it will be performed.
Mitsuko Uchida piano and director | José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster and leader | Aliisa Neige Barrière conductor | Vicente Alberola clarinet
DEBUSSY (arr. Benno 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 June 9, 2024
10:00AM
Alexi Kenney violin | Sae Hashimoto percussion | Ljubinka Kulisic accordion | 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
5:30PM
Mitsuko Uchida piano and director | José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster and leader |
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 46 in B major, Hob. I:46
JÖRG WIDMANN Chorale Quartet (Choralquartett), version for chamber orchestra
MOZART Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
Live Stream FAQ
Where do I find the Live Stream?
At concert time, the Live Stream will be available at the top of our Homepage.
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Where can I watch the Live Stream concert after it ends?
Live Stream videos will be available the following day on the 2024 Live Stream Schedule. Following the Festival, they will remain on our website and our Festival YouTube Channel. However, the evening concerts will only be shown the night of the performance.