About
I am a recorder player and artist from London. I am fascinated by the contexts that shroud music through all cultural expressions, and am driven by a desire to explore interpretations of sounds old and new.
I work as a solo artist, ensemble player, and educator. I perform with ensemble serpentine.iii and recorder quartet Follia 4, and as a live performer for the group These New Puritans. I use this diversity of experience to inform my work in all areas. I perform for film soundtracks, notably the recent Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC, 2024) and Wicker (2026) for composer Anna Meredith.
I use social media to share short-form content bringing the recorder into new contexts.
My 2023 EP Music for the End Times fused sounds of the post-covid London club scene with recorder harmonies inspired by early music and was followed by UK and EU performances including supporting acclaimed musician Shabaka.
“Otto’s music challenges the role a recorder plays”
Otto’s 2023 EP 'Music for the End Times' combined sounds of London's post-covid club scene with recorder harmonies inspired by early music. He performs widely as a soloist through UK and EU touring, including as recent support for acclaimed jazz musician Shabaka. As a session player he has recorded for projects in the UK, Germany, USA and beyond. As musical director and live musician he has toured Europe and North America including performances at SXSW, Canadian Music Week, Tallinn Music Week.
He has performed for TV and film, including recently "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" (BBC, 2024), both on soundtrack and as an actor, and across Anna Meredith’s soundtrack for Wicker (2026) starring Olivia Colman.
Otto performs with ensemble serpentine.iii and recorder quartet Follia 4, and as a live performer for the group These New Puritans. Otto is a Young Artist with the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and a member of the European Recorder Teachers’ Association.
Otto graduated with an MMus in Advanced Instrumental Studies from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2024, studying recorder with Ian Wilson. He was awarded a Concert Recital Diploma by the university for exceptional performance in his final recital "into the night..." which formed a narrative between the early English music of Purcell and Dowland, and contemporary British voices such as Anna Meredith, Brian Inglis, and These New Puritans.
He received his BA (Hons) Music from the University of Bristol where he focused on recorder performance, musicology with specialism in early music and African-American music, and studio composition, for which he received the university’s Studio Composition Prize upon graduation.
Otto is a recorder player and solo artist from London. His work carves a link between the western classical tradition and popular music on an instrument often maligned in both worlds. Described by the Early Music Shop as "[challenging] the role a recorder plays", he has made a name for himself on social media creating short-form content bringing the recorder and its music into new contexts, often utilising rare instruments such as Contrabass and eCorder.