AndreasOttensamer
Contact
For conductor enquiries
Edward Pascall
For clarinet enquiries
Ollie Haines
For contracts, logistics and press
Joy Pidsley
Representation
General management: Askonas Holt
Japan: Hirasa Ltd
China / Taiwan / Korea: New Aspect
About Andreas
Artistic Director: Bürgenstock Festival
Andreas Ottensamer has captured audiences and critics alike with his distinct musicianship and versatility as conductor, artistic director and clarinettist.
In the 2023-2024 season, Andreas will give conducting debuts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in a program entirely dedicated to Johannes Brahms, Orchestre Metropolitain Montreal as their Artist in Residence of the season, Seoul Philharmonic, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Sofia Philharmonic, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt, Münchner Kammerorchester, Janáček Philharmonic and the Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Ottensamer will return to conduct the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, having made his Asian conducting debut there in 2023. He will also return to Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra in three programmes, the Aichi Chamber Orchestra and the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra.
Recent conducting highlights include Seoul’s KBS Symphony Orchestra and collaborations with orchestras such as the MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, the Prague Philharmonia, the Orquestra Gulbenkian in Lisbon, the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, the Real Philharmonia Galicia and the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse. In December 2022 Andreas joined Maestro Riccardo Muti to work on Verdi‘s Messa da Requiem as part of his Italian Opera Academy in Ravenna, Italy and in March 2023 he joined Maestro Muti for the production of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera at the Tokyo Spring Festival. In 2021 Ottensamer was awarded the Neeme Järvi Prize of the Gstaad Festival Conducting Academy.
His artistic partnerships as a chamber musician include work with Yuja Wang, Seong-Jin Cho, Lisa Batiashvili, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Phillippe Jaroussky, Gautier Capuçon and Sol Gabetta. He regularly performs at festivals such as the Salzburger Festspiele, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival and the Festival de Pâques d’Aix en Provence.
Ottensamer is Artistic Director of the Bürgenstock Festival and has held the position of principle clarinettist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 2011.
Representation
General management: Askonas Holt
Japan: Hirasa Ltd
China / Taiwan / Korea: New Aspect
Season Highlights
Video
Andreas Ottensamer - Brahms, Haydn Variations
Credit: NHK Symphony Orchestra
PlayingAndreas Ottesnamer - Brahms, Hungarian Dances No.6 & No.5
Credit: NHK Symphony Orchestra
PlayingAndreas Ottensamer
Credit: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra / Budapest Festival Academy / Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra / Ray Chen
PlayingWeber "Oberon" Overture
Credit: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
PlayingWeber, Clarinet Concerto No.1
Andreas Ottensamer performs Weber's Clarinet Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Mariss Jansons. Credit: Berliner Philharmoniker
PlayingKBS: Behind the scenes of Andreas Ottensamer's performance at Masters Series III
Credit: KBS Symphony Orchestra
PlayingArtie Shaw, Jazz Clarinet Concerto
Credit: Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic
PlayingAndreas Ottensamer - Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 85
Credit: Deutsche Grammophon
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News
Press
Orchestre Metropolitain: Brahms, Holmès & Schumann
La Maison SymphoniqueOct 2023Ottensamer’s conducting captured the essence of springtime with gusto mixed with grace, leading the orchestra through a symphonic journey that was nothing short of breathtaking.
- Mountain Lake
- 16 October 2023
The degree of give and take between Genisson, Ottensamer and the OM strings (particularly leader Yukari Cousineau) was consistently meritorious. Throughout, Ottensamer impressively sculpted an array of interpretive arcs.