Christopher Otto is a composer and violinist from Champaign, IL. He studied composition at the Eastman School of Music with Martin Bresnick, David Liptak, and Robert Morris. As a violinist, he has worked closely with composers such as Harrison Birtwistle, Pierre Boulez, Helmut Lachenmann, Matthias Pintscher, Wolfgang Rihm, and Steve Reich. In 2005 and 2006 he served as concertmaster of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra under Pierre Boulez. Christopher is also a founding member of the JACK quartet, a string quartet devoted to contemporary music which has performed throughout North America and Europe at venues including Carnegie Hall, La Biennale di Venezia, and the Lucerne Festival, and has worked with the Arditti and Kronos quartets.