Ojai: Talk of the Town

Ara Guzelimian on Mitsuko Uchida, Mahler & Ojai


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Ojai Music Festival Artistic Director Ara Guzelimian brings his customary wisdom, wit and insight into a preview for this year's festival (June 6-9) with renowned pianist and conductor Mitsuko Uchida returning for her third time.

Ojai, known for its daring programming, promises to stretch boundaries this year with a mix of familiar music (Haydn, Mozart) and modernists Webern, John Adams and John Zorn.

Guzelimian talks about the massive amount of behind-the-scenes work that goes into the festival; finding housing for the artists, coordinating the volunteers and interns, the years-long lead time to pull together the talent and the programming, and the audiences who have come to adore the Ojai Music Festival for being the best at what it does in the world.

We did not talk about "Baby Reindeer," this year's NFL schedule or Fermat's Last Theorem.

Check out the Ojai Music Festival at OjaiFestival.org.

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