Ojai Music Festival
Festival Finale at the Libbey Bowl
Sunday, September 19 at 5:30 P.M. (PT)
Ojai Music Festival
Festival Finale at the Libbey Bowl
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra joins forces with acclaimed musician and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Rhiannon Giddens, conductor John Adams, and pianist Vikingur Ólaffson for music by Adams, Simon, Mozart, and the world premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s “La Calaca.”
LACO at Ojai Music Festival is made possible by a generous contribution from Terri + Jerry Kohl.
Program
Carlos Simon
Fate Now Conquers
Mozart
Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491
John Adams
Am I in Your Light from Dr Atomic
John Adams
Consuelo's Dream (I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky)
Gabriela Ortiz
La calaca from Altar de muertos (World Premiere)
Artists
conductor
vocalist
piano
concertmaster
assistant concertmaster
violin I
violin I
acting principal violin II
acting associate principal violin II
violin II
violin II
violin II
viola
principal cello
associate principal cello
cello
principal bass
acting associate principal bass
acting principal flute
flute
Principal Oboe, Allan Vogel Chair, Endowed by the Henry Family
Principal Clarinet
Clarinet
Bassoon
Acting Principal Horn
Horn
Principal Trumpet
Trumpet
Principal Harp
Principal Timpani
Librarian
Personnel Manager
Location
Libby Bowl
210 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023
For seven decades, the Ojai Music Festival has been a laboratory for the special chemistry that results from combining insatiable curiosity with unbounded creativity. The formula is simple: Each year a music director is given the freedom and resources to imagine four days of musical brainstorming. Some have approached their task with caution, fearing that Ojai might be like other places. But, of course, it’s not. More often this unique blend of enchanted setting and an audience voracious in its appetite for challenge and discovery has inspired a distinguished series of conductors, performers, composers to push at boundaries and stretch limits.
The 2021 Ojai Music Festival is a little different this year, the festival will be in September, not June as usual.
Launching the Festival’s 75th Anniversary Celebration
To mark the beginning of its 75th anniversary, the Festival will offer musical activities, in accordance with state guidelines, from June to September, when audiences reunite in Ojai. Musical activities throughout Southern California are being planned, and Ojai will also serve its global community through newly produced online content. Details will be announced in the coming months.
Virtual Offerings
The Festival continues to offer virtual content with its ongoing series of Ojai Talks that have featured 2021 Festival artists and composers, including Gabriela Ortiz, Carlos Simon, violinist Miranda Cuckson, and Timo Andres. Revisit these additional free offerings and “What’s on your Bookshelf” videos with past Festival artists on the website at OjaiFestival.org.
Remote Access to the Ojai Music Festival
The Ojai Music Festival allows the world beyond Ojai’s Libbey Bowl to experience the music and ideas expressed at the Festival through state-of-the art live streaming access during the four-day Festival and later archived at OjaiFestival.org.
Series Passes for 2021 Ojai Music Festival
2021 series subscriptions are available for purchase at OjaiFestival.org. All current 2021 subscriptions will be honored during the September dates.