Teacher - DJing & Production

Founder of DJ & Production School

Otto Norvio, known as OTAVA, is an artist born and raised in Helsinki, Finland, now based in Boston, Massachusetts. Otto is an award-winning Berklee College of Music graduate (summa cum laude) with a major in Electronic Production and Design.

OTAVA is a 4x platinum producer. At 18 years old, he entered the music industry and produced songs for Finnish artists that were released by labels such as Warner Music Finland, Sony Music Finland, and Universal Music Finland, with multiple Spotify Finland top 5 positions.

In electronic music, OTAVA’s songs have been released by labels like Einmusika, Enormous Vision, and MNL. His tracks have been supported by Nora En Pure, Korolova, and Sultan + Shepard.

During his career, OTAVA has performed, for example, in Ibiza, Madrid, Boston, and New York. He has 100+ gigs and 10+ years of experience as a DJ from countless venues and nightclubs. He also performs modular live techno primarily in Boston and NYC

Now, OTAVA is focusing on sharing his artistic vision by teaching anyone enthusiastic about music production, DJing, live performance, modular synthesis, or anything in between.