Selina Ott was awarded the Opus Klassik Prize 2021 (Concerto Recording of the Year) for her debut album “Trumpet Concertos”, together with the ORF Radio-Symphony Orchestra Vienna and conductor Roberto Paternostro.
In 2018, at the age of just 20, she became the first woman in the seventy-year history of the ARD International Music Competition to win First Prize in the trumpet category.
She was immediately invited to perform with leading orchestras such as the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. She has also appeared with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria under Yutaka Sado at the Grafenegg Summer Night Gala, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Fabien Gabel, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
As a soloist, she has performed in renowned concert halls including the Vienna Konzerthaus, Musikverein Vienna, Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Cologne Philharmonie, Essen Philharmonie, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Wolkenturm Grafenegg, Rudolfinum Prague, Salle Philharmonique de Liège, Die Glocke Bremen, the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan, and Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.
Her debut album “Trumpet Concertos”, featuring works by Arutiunian, Peskin, and Desenclos, was released in October 2020 under the Orfeo label in collaboration with the ORF Radio-Symphony Orchestra Vienna and Roberto Paternostro.
In June 2021, her second album, recorded together with pianist En-Chia Lin, was also released by Orfeo.
In the same year, she performed the world premiere of Thomas Wally’s trumpet concerto “Utopia I: Seltsame Schleifen” at the opening concert of Wien Modern, together with the ORF Radio-Symphony Orchestra Vienna under Marin Alsop at the Vienna Konzerthaus.
In March 2022, another album was released on the Orfeo label in collaboration with the RSO Vienna, pianist Maria Radutu, and conductor Dirk Kaftan, featuring works by Shostakovich, Weinberg, and Jolivet.
After completing her Master of Arts in trumpet with distinction at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna, she was awarded the Austrian Federal Ministry’s Prize of Recognition in 2022.
In 2024, Selina Ott once again collaborated with the RSO Vienna, performing HK Gruber’s trumpet concerto “Aerial” at the Vienna Konzerthaus under the direction of the composer himself.
Recent highlights include debut performances with the Hamburg State Orchestra at the Elbphilharmonie under Marie Jacquot, the HR Symphony Orchestra under Alain Altinoglu, the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra at Die Glocke Bremen, as well as return engagements at the Berlin Philharmonie and with the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
In the current season, she will give the world premiere of Ryan Latimer’s trumpet concerto “Bestia” and make her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Fabien Gabel at the Barbican Centre London. Further engagements include concerts with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonic at the KKL Lucerne, as well as tours in China (Zhuhai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang) and Australia and New Zealand (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Auckland).
Since April of this year, Selina Ott has been serving as a interim professor for two semesters at the State University of Music Trossingen.
