Otto Hashmi
Otto is a member of ensembles Follia 4, serpentine.iii and Londinium Consort, in addition to being a live performer for cult art rock band These New Puritans.
His 2023 EP 'Music for the End Times' combines sounds of London's post-COVID club scene with recorder harmonies inspired by early music. He performs widely as a soloist through UK and EU touring, including as recent support for acclaimed jazz musician Shabaka. As a session player he has recorded for projects in the UK, Germany, USA and beyond. As a musical director and live musician, he has toured Europe and North America, including performances at SXSW, Canadian Music Week and Tallinn Music Week.
Otto performs for TV and film, including the recent score for “Wicker” (2026) by composer Anna Meredith and "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" (BBC, 2024), both on soundtrack and as an actor.
Otto graduated with an MMus in Advanced Instrumental Studies from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Distinction in 2024, studying recorder with Ian Wilson and Baroque oboe with Gail Hennesey. He was awarded a CRD by the university for exceptional performance in his final recital, "Into the Night..." which formed a narrative between the early English music of Purcell and Dowland and contemporary British voices such as Anna Meredith, Brian Inglis, and These New Puritans.
He received his BA (Hons) Music from the University of Bristol, where he focused on recorder performance, musicology with a specialism in early music and African-American music, and studio composition, for which he received the university’s Studio Composition Prize upon graduation.
Otto is a Young Artist with the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
Biography
Otto Hashmi is a recorder player and solo artist from London. His work carves a link between the Western classical tradition and popular music on an instrument often maligned in both worlds. Described by the Early Music Shop as "[challenging] the role a recorder plays in an ensemble", he has made a name for himself on social media creating short-form content bringing the recorder and its music into new contexts, often utilising rare instruments such as Contrabass and eCorder.
Otto is a member of ensembles Follia 4, serpentine.iii and Londinium Consort, in addition to being a live performer for cult art rock band These New Puritans.
His 2023 EP 'Music for the End Times' combines sounds of London's post-COVID club scene with recorder harmonies inspired by early music. He performs widely as a soloist through UK and EU touring, including as recent support for acclaimed jazz musician Shabaka. As a session player he has recorded for projects in the UK, Germany, USA and beyond. As a musical director and live musician, he has toured Europe and North America, including performances at SXSW, Canadian Music Week and Tallinn Music Week.
Otto performs for TV and film, including the recent score for “Wicker” (2026) by composer Anna Meredith and "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" (BBC, 2024), both on soundtrack and as an actor.
Otto graduated with an MMus in Advanced Instrumental Studies from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Distinction in 2024, studying recorder with Ian Wilson and Baroque oboe with Gail Hennesey. He was awarded a CRD by the university for exceptional performance in his final recital, "Into the Night..." which formed a narrative between the early English music of Purcell and Dowland and contemporary British voices such as Anna Meredith, Brian Inglis, and These New Puritans.
He received his BA (Hons) Music from the University of Bristol, where he focused on recorder performance, musicology with a specialism in early music and African-American music, and studio composition, for which he received the university’s Studio Composition Prize upon graduation.
Otto is a Young Artist with the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
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Wed, 9 April 2025
Lewes Con Club, Lewes
6:30pm
£12 – £15
