{{short description|German-Japanese pianist (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Alice Sara Ott | native_name = {{nobold|アリス＝紗良・オット}} | image = Alice Sara Ott (2011) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Ott in 2011 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|8|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Munich, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Musician | signature = Alice Sara Ott - Signature.jpg | education = | website = {{URL|alicesaraott.com}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = Classical | instrument = Piano | label = Deutsche Grammophon }} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Alice Sara Ott'''|アリス＝紗良・オット|Arisu Sara Otto|lead=yes|born August 1, 1988}} is a German pianist.
==Early life and education== Ott was born in Munich, West Germany, in 1988. Her Japanese mother had studied piano in Tokyo; her father was a German civil engineer.<ref name="Telegraph" /> She says she realised as a child that "music was the language that goes much beyond any words" and that she wanted to communicate and express herself through music.<ref name="glassmagazine" /> Ott started piano lessons at the age of four. At age five, she reached the final stage of the youth competition in Munich, playing to a full house in the Hercules Hall.<ref name="glassmagazine" /> At age seven, she won the Jugend musiziert competition in Germany.<ref name="allmusic" /> In 2002, Ott was the youngest finalist at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, where she won the Most Promising Artist award.<ref name="DG" /><ref name="prizewinners" /> From the age of twelve, she studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling<ref name="DG" /> while continuing her school education in Munich. Ott has won awards at a number of piano competitions, including first prize at the 2004 Pianello Val Tidone Competition.
Her younger sister Mona Asuka Ott is also a classical pianist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blech |first1=Volker |title=Alice Sara Ott ist der neue junge Star unter den Pianisten |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/berlin-kultur/article113353459/Alice-Sara-Ott-ist-der-neue-junge-Star-unter-den-Pianisten.html |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=Berliner Morgenpost |date=4 February 2013 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
In February 2019, Ott announced on Instagram that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.<ref name="instagram" />
==Career== Ott has made recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and performs regularly in concert tours in Europe, Japan, and the United States. She won first prize in the 2003 Bach Competition in Köthen, the 2004 Pianello Val Tidone Competition in Italy,<ref name="allmusic" /> and the 4th EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) International Competition in 2005.
==Recordings== Ott has a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon<ref name="allmusic" /> and her recordings include:<ref name="DG" /> *2009 – Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante *2010 – Chopin: Complete Waltzes *2010 – Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 *2011 – Beethoven: Piano sonatas No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 and No.21 in C, Op.53 (''Waldstein'') *2013 – Mussorgsky: ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' and Schubert: ''Piano Sonata in D major, D850'' *2014 – Scandale (with Francesco Tristano) **Tristano: A Soft Shell Groove **Stravinsky: ''The Rite of Spring'' **Rimsky-Korsakoff: ''Scheherazade'' – The Story of the Kalendar Prince **Ravel: ''La Valse'' *2015 – The Chopin Project (with Ólafur Arnalds)<ref name="chopinproject" /> *2016 – ''Wonderland.'' Edvard Grieg:<ref name="DG Wonderland" /> **Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op.16 **Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12, Album Leaf; Elves' Dance; Book III, Op.43, Butterfly; To Spring; Book V, Op.54, March Of The Trolls; Notturno; Book VII, Op.62, Brooklet; Book VIII, Op.65, Ballad; Wedding Day At Troldhaugen; Book X, Op.71, Once Upon A Time **Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46, In The Hall Of The Mountain King; Peer Gynt Suite No.2, Op.55, Solveig's Song *2018 – ''Nightfall''<ref name="DG Nightfall" /> **Claude Debussy ***Rêverie, L. 68; ***Suite bergamasque, L. 75 **Erik Satie ***Gnossiennes: No. 1 (Lent), No. 3 (Lent); ***Gymnopédies: No. 1 (Lent et douloureux) **Maurice Ravel ***Gaspard de la Nuit, M. 55 ***Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 *2021 - ''Echoes of Life''<ref name="DG Echoes" /> **Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28 **Francesco Tristano: In The Beginning Was **György Ligeti: Musica ricercata – I. Sostenuto. Misurato. Prestissimo. **Nino Rota: Valzer **Chilly Gonzales: Prelude in C Sharp Major **Toru Takemitsu: Litany (In Memory of Michael Vyner) **Arvo Pärt: Für Alina **Alice Sara Ott: Lullaby to Eternity (on fragments of the Lacrymosa from W.A. Mozart's Requiem) *2023 - ''Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15'' **Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 *2023 - ''Beethoven'' **Ludwig van Beethoven ***Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 ***Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" ***Für Elise, WoO 59 ***11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 1, Allegretto ***Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 54 "Lustig und Traurig" ***Allegretto in B minor, WoO 61 *2025 - ''John Field: Complete Nocturnes''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Holly |title= Video of the Day: Alice Sara Ott performs John Field's 'Nocturne No.9 in E Minor, H.46 |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/news/article/video-of-the-day-alice-sara-ott-performs-john-field-s-nocturne-no-9-in-e-minor-h-46 |access-date=3 December 2024 |work=Gramophone |date=2 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *2026 - ''Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works''
==References== <references>
<ref name="DG">{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/artist/ott/biography|publisher=Deutsche Grammophon|title=Alice Sara Ott|date=June 2010|access-date=12 April 2012|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229074904/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/artist/ott/biography|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8884233/Alice-Sara-Ott-I-dont-want-to-have-burn-out-syndrome.html|title=Alice Sara Ott: 'I don't want to have burn-out syndrome'|first=Sabine|last=Durrant|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 November 2011|access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="glassmagazine">{{cite journal|year=2011|title=Power & Grace| journal=Glass Magazine|issue=7|pages=154–156|issn=2041-6318}}</ref>
<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alice-sara-ott-q250981/biography|title=Alice Sara Ott|first=Robert|last=Cummings|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="DG Wonderland">{{cite web|url=http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4794631|title=Wonderland Ott – 1 CD / Download – Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft|website=Deutschegrammophon.com|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="DG Nightfall">{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4835187|title=Nightfall Alice Sara Ott – 1 CD / Download – Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft|website=Deutschegrammophon.com|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="DG Echoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/echoes-of-life-alice-sara-ott-12368|title=ECHOES OF LIFE Alice Sara Ott|website=Deutschegrammophon.com|access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="prizewinners">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2018 |title=Prizewinners of last Academies |url=https://www.actcity.jp/hacam/PianoAcademy/history/archives/ |location= |publisher=Hamamatsu International Piano Academy |access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812081352/https://www.actcity.jp/hacam/PianoAcademy/history/archives/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="instagram">{{cite web |last1=Ott |first1=Alice Sara |title=Today I would like to share something very personal with you.... |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt5tI7lA1T4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/alicesaraott_official/1979812037026600184_1979812032890847561 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram |access-date=19 February 2019 |language=en |date=15 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
<ref name="chopinproject">{{AllMusic | class= album | id= mw0002817275 | label= ''The Chopin Project'' | accessdate= 26 March 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|1=https://www.alicesaraott.com}} *[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/artist/ott/ Deutsche Grammophon bio] *{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0002232982}} {{Authority control}}
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