Ralf Otto was born on 1956 and is a German conductor, especially known as a choral conductor and academic teacher.
13 Facts About Ralf Otto
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Ralf Otto founded the Vokalensemble Frankfurt, focused on contemporary music and winning competitions including Let the Peoples Sing.
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Ralf Otto added late romantic and contemporary works to their repertoire and made international tours with them.
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Ralf Otto was a regular guest at the Frankfurt Feste with numerous premieres, presenting works by composers such as Olivier Messiaen, Klaus Huber, Iannis Xenakis, Luciano Berio, Brian Ferneyhough, Gerhard Muller-Hornbach, Wolfgang Rihm, Anton Webern and Michael Gielen.
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Ralf Otto has produced numerous radio and CD co-productions for the Hessischer Rundfunk, including in 1991 Bach's Christmas Oratorio, with Concerto Koln and soloists Ruth Ziesak, Monica Groop, Christoph Pregardien, Klaus Mertens.
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In 1986 Ralf Otto was appointed artistic director of the Bachchor Mainz.
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Ralf Otto added late romantic and contemporary music to their repertoire, including Schmidt's Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln, Hanns Eisler's Deutsche Sinfonie, Britten's War Requiem, Muller-Hornbach's Am Rande der Zeit and premieres by Tilo Medek.
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Ralf Otto has conducted works by composers such as Luigi Dallapiccola, Arnold Schoenberg, and Luigi Nono, and by contemporary composers.
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Ralf Otto has conducted the ensemble in subscription concerts, in the regular cantata services, and in guest concerts abroad.
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Ralf Otto is connected with the Sudwestrundfunk and various production companies by extensive recording activities:.
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Ralf Otto was professor of choral conducting at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen from 1990 to 2006; since then he has held the same position at the Hochschule fur Musik Mainz.
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Ralf Otto conducted performances at festivals such as Rheingau Musik Festival and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, among others.
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Ralf Otto was awarded the Peter-Cornelius-Plakette, the highest award of Rhineland-Palatinate, in 2011.