Andreas Ottensamer

Andreas Ottensamer is primarily a clarinetist, but his competition experience includes prizes for cello and piano also, as well as tennis tournaments. He was the principal clarinetist for the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming principal clarinetist with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2011. He has performed with his father, Ernst Ottensamer, and his brother, Daniel Ottensamer, in the clarinet trio, The Clarinotts. Andreas has ventured into jazz and pop, accompanying Tori Amos on her album Night of Hunters. Ottensamer made his solo debut with Portraits: The Clarinet Album in 2013. In 2022, he was heard with cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Yuja Wang on a recording of Brahms' Clarinet Trio, Op. 114.