Ojai Music Festival
Joining Mr. Andsnes and also making Ojai debuts are the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist Martin Fröst, mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, violist Antoine Tamestit, conductor/composer Reinbert de Leeuw, and composer John Luther Adams. Returning to Ojai for the first time since 2008 will be actress Barbara Sukowa.
Featured works include the United States premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2 “La Mattina” by Bent Sørensen; Reinbert de Leeuw’s cycle of 21 Schubert and Schumann songs ingeniously reworked for singing actress and ensemble, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (“In the Merry Month of May”) with Barbara Sukowa; and the West Coast premiere of John Luther Adams’ Inuksuit for 48 percussionists to be performed throughout Libbey Park.
Read more about the festival at their homepage: Ojai Music Festival