Otto Tausk

His innovatively reimagined digital performance series and the initiative to introduce Canadian contemporary music, including five indigenous composers’ works, were received to great acclaim and significantly widened the orchestra’s reach. Tausk is a passionate believer in the concert as a shared experience between the performers and the audience, and his inclusive approach has had a profound impact on the community of Vancouver where the orchestra has become an essential part of the cultural identity of the city and its people. 

Otto Tausk’s musical expertise ranges from historically informed performances of Mozart and Beethoven to the early 20th century scores of Prokofiev, Stravinsky and R. Strauss, and to new works by today’s composers. In the 2023/24 season he will perform masterpieces by Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich as well as Verdi’s Requiem and Haydn’s Creation, and give the world premiere performance of a new work by British Columbian composer Nicholas Ryan Kelly. He will work with stellar soloists such as Vadim Gluzman, Steven Isserlis, Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma and Fazıl Say. Tausk’s guest conducting appearances of the season include the San Diego Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and Norwegian Radio Orchestra, amongst others. 

Tausk has worked with the Concertgebouworkest, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orchestra The Hague, Orchestre National de Belgique, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with whom he made his BBC Proms debut in 2018.