List of music directors of the Ojai Music Festival
Appearance
(Redirected from Ojai Music Festival: Music Directors)
This is a complete list of music directors of the Ojai Music Festival, an American festival of classical music held annually in Ojai, California. The list is shown both alphabetically and chronologically.
Alphabetical listing
[edit]A–E
[edit]- John Adams: 1993, 2021
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard: 2007
- Leif Ove Andsnes: 2012
- Emanuel Ax: 1997
- George Benjamin: 2010
- Pierre Boulez: 1967, 1970, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2003
- Aaron Copland: 1957–1958, 1976
- Robert Craft: 1954–1956, 1959, 1982
- Ingolf Dahl: 1957, 1964–1966
- Peter Maxwell Davies: 1988, 1991
- eighth blackbird: 2009
- Emerson String Quartet: 2002
F–J
[edit]- Lukas Foss: 1961–1963, 1979–1980, 1987
- Lawrence Foster: 1968
- Rhiannon Giddens 2023
- John Harbison: 1991
- Daniel Harding: 1997
- Thor Johnson: 1947–1950, 1952–1953
K–O
[edit]- Oliver Knussen: 2005
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja 2018
- Robert LaMarchina: 1968
- Daniel Lewis: 1981, 1983
- Nicholas McGegan: 1988
- Stefan Minde: 1969
- Stephen Mosko: 1986, 1990
- Kent Nagano: 1985, 1986, 1995, 2004
P-S
[edit]- Simon Rattle: 2000
- Edward Rebner: 1949
- David Robertson: 2008
- Esa-Pekka Salonen: 1999, 2001
- Gerhard Samuel: 1971
- Calvin Simmons: 1978
- Robert Spano: 2006
- William Steinberg: 1951
- Igor Stravinsky: 1955–1956
T–Z
[edit]- Henri Temianka: 1960
- Michael Tilson Thomas: 1968, 1969, 1973–1975, 1977, 1994
- Mitsuko Uchida: 1998
- Dawn Upshaw: 2011
- Diane Wittry: 1988
- Michael Zearott: 1969, 1972
- David Zinman: 1998
Chronological listing
[edit]1940s
[edit]- 1947 Thor Johnson
- 1948 Thor Johnson and Edward Rebner
- 1949 Thor Johnson
1950s
[edit]- 1950 Thor Johnson
- 1951 William Steinberg
- 1952 Thor Johnson
- 1953 Thor Johnson
- 1954 Robert Craft
- 1955 Robert Craft and Igor Stravinsky
- 1956 Robert Craft and Igor Stravinsky
- 1957 Aaron Copland and Ingolf Dahl
- 1958 Aaron Copland
- 1959 Robert Craft
1960s
[edit]- 1960 Henri Temianka
- 1961 Lukas Foss
- 1962 Lukas Foss
- 1963 Lukas Foss
- 1964 Ingolf Dahl
- 1965 Ingolf Dahl
- 1966 Ingolf Dahl
- 1967 Pierre Boulez
- 1968 Robert LaMarchina, Lawrence Foster and Michael Tilson Thomas
- 1969 Michael Zearott, Stefan Minde and Michael Tilson Thomas
1970s
[edit]- 1970 Pierre Boulez
- 1971 Gerhard Samuel
- 1972 Michael Zearott
- 1973 Michael Tilson Thomas
- 1974 Michael Tilson Thomas
- 1975 Michael Tilson Thomas
- 1976 Aaron Copland
- 1977 Michael Tilson Thomas
- 1978 Calvin Simmons
- 1979 Lukas Foss
1980s
[edit]- 1980 Lukas Foss
- 1981 Daniel Lewis
- 1982 Robert Craft
- 1983 Daniel Lewis
- 1984 Pierre Boulez
- 1985 Kent Nagano
- 1986 Kent Nagano and Stephen Mosko
- 1987 Lukas Foss
- 1988 Nicholas McGegan, Peter Maxwell Davies and Diane Wittry
- 1989 Pierre Boulez
1990s
[edit]- 1990 Stephen Mosko
- 1991 John Harbison and Peter Maxwell Davies
- 1992 Pierre Boulez
- 1993 John Adams
- 1994 Michael Tilson Thomas
- 1995 Kent Nagano
- 1996 Pierre Boulez
- 1997 Emanuel Ax and Daniel Harding
- 1998 Mitsuko Uchida and David Zinman
- 1999 Esa-Pekka Salonen
2000s
[edit]- 2000 Simon Rattle
- 2001 Esa-Pekka Salonen
- 2002 Emerson String Quartet
- 2003 Pierre Boulez
- 2004 Kent Nagano
- 2005 Oliver Knussen
- 2006 Robert Spano
- 2007 Pierre-Laurent Aimard
- 2008 David Robertson
- 2009 eighth blackbird
2010s
[edit]- 2010 George Benjamin
- 2011 Dawn Upshaw
- 2012 Leif Ove Andsnes
- 2013 Mark Morris
- 2014 Jeremy Denk
- 2015 Steven Schick
- 2016 Peter Sellars
- 2017 Vijay Iyer
- 2018 Patricia Kopatchinskaja
- 2023 Rhiannon Giddens