Otto is a recorder player and solo artist from London. His work carves a voice between popular and classical music on an instrument maligned in both worlds.

His 2023 EP 'Music for the End Times' combined sounds of London's post-covid club scene with recorder harmonies of early music. He performs widely as a soloist through UK and EU touring, including as recent support for acclaimed jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings. As a session player he has recorded for projects in the UK, Germany, USA and beyond. As musical director and live musician in 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 BBC's "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" (2024) featuring both on soundtrack and as an actor. Other performances include "Foraging" (Jacobs Morgan Studio, 2024) as well as composing the soundtrack, "Blackout bei Wellmanns" (ZDF, 2024), and "Kill Chain" (Amazon MGM, 2019) starring Nicholas Cage.

He is a member of the early music ensemble Londinium Consort, winners of the New Elizabethan Award 2024/25.

Otto is a Young Artist with the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Otto graduated with an MMus in Advanced Instrumental Studies from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2024, additionally being awarded a CRDip for exceptional recital performance, studying recorder with Ian Wilson and baroque oboe with Gail Hennesey. 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.