2024 Festival Schedule

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2024 Festival with Mitsuko Uchida artwork
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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.

This symbol indicates that this is a Beyond the Bowl event, not located at Libbey Bowl. Due to the intimate setting of these events, they are not automatically included in Libbey Bowl Passes and require the purchase of an additional ticket.

OFF-SITE EVENT

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.

FREE EVENT

6:30PM MUSICAL POP-UP
Libbey Park Gazebo

To start the Festival evening, enjoy a performance by harpist Julie Smith Phillips.

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

This will be a live stream broadcast available on the evening of the performance on our website.


OFF-SITE EVENT

8:00AM OJAI DAWNS
Zalk Theater, Besant Hill School

Jay Campbell, cello | Sae Hashimoto, percussion | Ljubinka Kulisic, accordion

GIUSEPPE COLOMBI Ciaccona
KAIJA SAARIAHO   Dreaming Chaconne
HELMUT LACHENMANN Interieur I            
HELMUT LACHENMANN Toccatina           
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA In Croce

10:00AM MORNING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl

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

This will be a live stream broadcast available on our website.

11:30AM OJAI CHATS
Libbey Park Gazebo

Jay Campbell with host John Schaefer of WNYC/New Sounds

OFF-SITE EVENT

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.

6:00PM OJAI CHATS
Libbey Park Gazebo

Alexi Kenney and Xuan with host John Schaefer of WNYC/New Sounds

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

This will be a live stream broadcast available on the evening of the performance on our website.


FREE EVENT

8:00AM MORNING MEDITATION
Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E Ojai Ave

Jay Campbell, cello

Catherine Lamb The Additive Arrow for cello and live electronics

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

This will be a live stream broadcast available on our website.

11:30AM OJAI CHATS
Libbey Park Gazebo

Rick Stotjin with host John Schaefer of WNYC/New Sounds

OFF-SITE EVENT

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.

6:00PM OJAI CHATS
Libbey Park Gazebo

Aliisa Neige Barrière with host John Schaefer of WNYC/New Sounds

8:00PM EVENING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl

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

This will be a live stream broadcast available on the evening of the performance on our website.


FREE EVENT

8:00AM MORNING MEDITATION
Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E Ojai Ave

Ljubinka Kulisic, accordion

Music of John Cage

10:00AM MORNING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl

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

This will be a live stream broadcast available on our website.

11:30AM OJAI CHATS
Libbey Park Gazebo

Ljubinka Kulisic and Sae Hashimoto with host John Schaefer of WNYC/New Sounds

OFF-SITE EVENT

2:30PM KAFKA FRAGMENTS
Greenberg Activity Center

Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano| Alexi Kenney, violin

KURTÁG Kafka Fragments

Kurtág’s eloquent setting of fragments from Kafka’s diaries weaves together singer and violinist into a deeply personal dialogue, a reflection on life’s joys, trials and the “dances of time.”

FREE EVENT

4:00PM COMMUNITY & FAMILY EVENT
Libbey Park Gazebo

First, enjoy the Instrument Petting Zoo hosted by the Ojai Music Festival’s BRAVO education program at 3pm, then join us for a free concert featuring members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra!

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 major, K. 453

This will be a live stream broadcast available on the evening of the performance on our website.

Programs and artists are subject to change.