Andreas Ottensamer

Andreas Ottensamer has captured audiences and critics alike with his distinct musicianship and versatility as clarinettist, artistic director and conductor. Ottensamer performs as a clarinet soloist in the major concert halls around the world with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the London Philharmonic under Mariss Jansons, Sir Simon Rattle, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Daniel Harding and Lorenzo Viotti. Since the 2020/21 season, Ottensamer has also taken the podium as a conductor and works with orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony, Gulbenkian Lisbon, MDR Leipzig, Seoul Philharmonic etc. As a chamber musician he works with Yuja Wang, Lisa Batiashvili, Gautier Capuçon, Sol Gabetta and many more. Ottensamer is artistic director of the Bürgenstock Festival in Switzerland and the Lotte Festival Seoul in Korea. Andreas Ottensamer has had an exclusive recording partnership with Deutsche Grammophon since 2013. He has received two Opus (Echo) Klassik awards and was named "Instrumentalist of the year". Andreas Ottensamer was born in 1989 in Vienna. He comes from an Austro-Hungarian family of musicians. In 2009 he interrupted his Harvard undergraduate studies to become a scholar of the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. Since March 2011, Ottensamer has held the position of principal clarinettist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.