# 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