Fabian Otten

Fabian Otten began his studies at the HfMT Hamburg in 2012 with Massimo Drechsler, Stephan Cürlis and Cornelia Monske. He continued his studies at the Hanns Eisler University of Music with Franz Schindlbeck and Rainer Seegers and the percussion soloist Li Biao. His first orchestral position was with the Philharmonie Südwestfalen in 2014. He also played in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, with whom he performed as a marimba soloist in Messiaen's La transfiguration. He was a finalist at the international competition of the Percussive Arts Society in Italy, won 2nd prize at the international competition "Marimba Festiva" in Bamberg and a special prize of the Bavarian Radio. He has held a teaching position for marimba at the HMT Leipzig since the summer semester 2023 and has been a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since the 2017/18 season. In addition to his percussion activities, he initially composed several works for percussion and chamber music - his composition "Samsara" won the "Interstellar Composer Competition 2021". Since then, his compositional repertoire has expanded through various commissions with pieces for chamber ensembles and orchestra. He is currently studying composition in the Master's program at the HfMT Hamburg with Prof. Fredrik Schwenk.