Opening Night Gala

The Music Academy of the West’s 72nd Summer Festival launches next Friday, June 14 with a star-studded Opening Night Gala dedicated to pianist Jerome Lowenthal. We anticipate a sold out event to kick off the Festival. Following that, we’ll have more than 170 events through August 10 attended by more than 40,000 people at the Music Academy, the Granada and Lobero Theatres, and the Santa Barbara Bowl (Sun, Jul 14). We have fellows joining us here in SB from 22 states and 18 countries and 70 national and international guest artists who will be in residency.

Our Signature Festival Conductor of our London Symphony Orchestra and Music Academy of the West partnership is Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director for the San Francisco and New World Symphonies. Unfortunately, he has to have cardiac surgery in June and is not able to be here. He will be replaced in two concerts by Daniel Harding and in one by Thomas Adès. The details are here.

A complete schedule of events is attached and available online at musicacademy.org.