Otto Tausk

Dutch conductor Otto Tausk is internationally acclaimed for his dynamic musicianship, expressive interpretations, and versatility across both symphonic and operatic repertoire. He is Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Advisor to the VSO School of Music, where he regularly works with world-class soloists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, Itzhak Perlman, Daniil Trifonov, Gidon Kremer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Hilary Hahn.

Tausk has conducted leading orchestras around the world, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, San Diego Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Danish National Symphony Orchestra. He is equally renowned for opera, having led world premieres and contemporary productions including Micha Hamel’s Caruso in Cuba, Michel van der Aa’s Upload, and Johannes Helstone’s Het Pand der Goden, as well as standard repertoire such as Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, West Side Story, Lohengrin, and Ariadne auf Naxos .

His recordings have received international recognition, including Prokofiev with Rosanne Philippens (BBC Music Magazine Concerto Disc of the Month), Hans Pfitzner’s Orchesterlieder, and recent recordings of left-hand piano concertos by Ravel and Korngold with Mathias Halvorsen and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Tausk’s career began with violin studies in Utrecht, followed by conducting training in the Netherlands and Lithuania, and he served as assistant to Valery Gergiev at the Rotterdam Philharmonic. He has received the prestigious De Olifant prize for his contributions to Dutch musical life.