Ojai at Berkeley 2018

Cal Performances celebrates its partnership with Southern California's storied Ojai Music Festival, with this eighth installment of Ojai at Berkeley, June 14–16, 2018. Each year, an appointed music director re-imagines the festival anew, connecting Ojai's formidable history with their own musical community and unique artistic vision. Ojai at Berkeley 2018 features four concerts curated by and featuring this year's festival music director, the dynamic and versatile violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Praised for her "savage energy" (Washington Post) and "mesmerizing artistry" (The Strad), the Moldovan-Austrian violinist is known for imaginative, surprising programs that connect early music and contemporary works in performances by the world's most engaging musicians. Kopatchinskaja's Ojai at Berkeley series showcases her exceptional abilities as a thrilling soloist, energetic collaborator, and tireless new-music advocate. "...she plays with an astonishing, folk-like passion...When she leads an orchestra or group—which happens often, all around the world—the other players take on that same impetuous, fiery quality, like iron filings lining up along a magnetic field." (The Telegraph, London)