List of music directors of the Ojai Music Festival

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

A–E

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

1940s

• 1947 Thor Johnson
• 1948 Thor Johnson and Edward Rebner
• 1949 Thor Johnson

1950s

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

See also

• Classical music portal
• Lists portal

• Lists of musicians

External links

• Official Ojai Music Festival website