Alice Sara Ott is one of today’s most forward-thinking classical musicians, celebrated for her visionary projects, globally successful albums, and collaborations with leading orchestras and conductors. A Deutsche Grammophon artist for over 15 years, her recordings have reached over 500 million streams. Meanwhile Ott’s pioneering recital tours redefine classical music for the modern era, making her one of the most influential artists of her generation.
In the 2024/25 season, Ott will perform with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, Bayerischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester and Karina Canellakis, and give multiple premieres of Bryce Dessner’s Piano Concerto, written for her. Following her acclaimed New York Philharmonic debut, she returns to the U.S. to appear with the Baltimore Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and Minnesota Orchestras.
As Artist in Residence at TivoliVredenburg, she brings her versatile artistry to the Netherlands, building on recent residencies at London’s Southbank Centre and Radio France in Paris during 2023/24. She also releases two new Deutsche Grammophon albums in 2025: The Complete Nocturnes of John Field, accompanied by a major European tour, and a recording of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s evocative piano works, captured in Iceland.
“She has the most delicate touch, the first movement cadenza pirouetting with the grace of a music-box ballerina… She transformed the finale into a playful Scherzo, playing cat and mouse with the orchestra.”
“German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott shades the most photosensitive pieces of French Impressionism — Debussy’s dreamy Suite bergamasque and Ravel’s ghoulish Gaspard de la nuit — with a seemingly limitless capacity to lend warmth, depth and color.”
“Her technique is dazzling, her tone wonderfully varied, from crystalline purity to powerfully raw, and the energy propelling her playing seems unstoppable.”