Bio

Ottilie asked for a violin for her 5^th birthday, out of the blue. She has never looked back. As soon as she started playing it, she began to improvise. It wasn’t long before she started to write down her compositions. She has since won a number of regional and national composition competitions with her classical compositions, as well as reaching the final of the Song Academy Young Songwriter Competition 2023. Ottilie passed her grade 8 violin with distinction when she was 11 years old and was a member of the National Children’s Orchestra for a number of years. Ottilie also has grade 8 music theory. Ottilie also studies piano, singing, jazz improvisation, guitar and clarinet. She wishes to learn many more instruments.

Ottilie wrote her first song, I Am Free, when she was 10 years old and finished the last of the songs on the album shortly after her 14^th birthday. When Ottilie wrote her first punk songs, Sugar High At Midnight and Toy, she had never heard any punk. Ottilie’s music is entirely self-written and self-produced, save for the wonderful instrumentals recorded by M Ross Perkins for Toy. Ottilie recorded “I Am Free” when she was 12 and immediately made and released a music video for it. Shortly afterwards, she started having singing lessons as she had no previous singing experience! Amalia Ulman, film director, approached Ottilie after her song “Toy” went viral and offered to make a music video for her. This incredible stop motion film was released on 14/11/2024.

Musical Competitions

• Highly commended for entry to the Sir David Willcocks Carol Competition 2023.
• Runner up Gloucestershire Music’s Young Composer’s competition in 2019.
• Finalist in Song Academy’s UK Under 13’s Young Songwriter Competition 2023.
• Winner of the Carducci Quartet’s Young Composers’ Competition 2023.
• Shortlisted Carducci Quartet’s Young Composers’ Competition 2024
• Winner of Westmorland Youth Orchestra’s Young Composer competition 2023.
• 2nd Runner up for PercWorks Young Percussion Composer of the Year.

Management/Representation

Ottilie is currently self managed and does not have representation.

Contact

Please contact us at:  ottiliemusicofficial@gmail.com