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. UPDATE: Full morning concerts and highlights of the evening concerts are now available below and on our YouTube channel (7/1/24). 

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For more context on this year’s Festival, enjoy these links:

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THU June 6, 2024

Selections from the 8:00PM OPENING CONCERT
Libbey Bowl  

Brentano String Quartet | Lucy Fitz Gibbon soprano 

HAYDN   String Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No. 3 (“Bird”) 
SCHOENBERG   Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19  
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 

Selections from the 8:00PM concert

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

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 

Selections from the 8:00PM concert

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) 

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 

Selections from the 5:30PM concert

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

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.

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For more context on this year’s Festival, enjoy these links:

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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 

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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.

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.

6:30PM MUSICAL POP-UP
Libbey Park Gazebo

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

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SUN 06|09

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

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

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.”

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.