About me
Otis Enokido-Lineham (b.1996) British/Japanese conductor currently based in London. He has worked internationally as a conductor across the fields of Symphonic, Contemporary, Opera and Youth/Community Music.
Last season’s highlight including winning 1st prize at the Giancarlo Facchinetti Conducting Competition in Brescia and reaching the finals of the 2025 International Khachaturian Competition in Armenia, both of which have led to upcoming debuts and concerts throughout Europe.
For the 22/23 season Otis was an Assistant Conductor with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). He also held the position of associate conductor with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group NEXT Programme and worked with both ensembles in a variety of concerts and projects.
This season he debuts with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Città Metropolitana di Bari, Cambridge Philharmonic and in a new opera production at Teatro Coccia. He has also automatically qualified as a semi-finalist for the 2026 Giudo Cantelli Competition.
He begins the season as assistant conductor for English Touring Opera following performances with Wild Arts Opera, assisting for the Aldeburgh Festival’s new production of Curlew River with Deborah Warner and Verdi’s Falstaff at St.Endellion Festival with Paul Daniel.
Since 2021 Otis has taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School as Head of Orchestras and features in their CD release 'Around The World In 80 Minutes' alongside artists such as Maxim Rysanov on Orchid Classics. He has also worked with the National Youth Orchestra GB (National Tour), Purcell School Symphony Orchestra (Southbank), London Schools Symphony Orchestra (Barbican), National Children’s Orchestra (London Weekend Project) and on a side-by-side project with the London Mozart Players and students from the GDST.
In the field of contemporary music, he has worked with several of the major ensembles in the UK including London Sinfonietta, BCMG and at the Aldeburgh Festival. Abroad he has performed with the Divertimento Ensemble, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and Danubia Orchestra and continues a number of these collaborations in the next season. In 2023 he premiered a new opera ‘Hey Maudie’ commissioned by the Roberts Institute of Art and co-written by artist Rachel Jones, composer Joseph Howard and poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley.
Otis studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Sian Edwards winning both the Conducting Prize and Regency Award for outstanding performance.