| Birth Date: | 1833 |
| Birth Place: | Aachen, Germany |
| Death Date: | January 19, 1896 (age 63) |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Arianna Handy |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Children: | Rose and Ottilie Sutro |
| Family: | Adolph Sutro (brother) Alexander Hamilton Handy (father-in-law) Florence Sutro (sister-in-law) |
Otto Sutro (1833 – January 19, 1896) was a German-born American organist, conductor, minor composer, publisher and music store owner, and a leading figure in the musical life of Baltimore, Maryland.
Sutro was born to a Jewish family in Aachen, Germany. He has six brothers and three sisters.[1] His brother Adolph Sutro became the first Jewish Mayor of San Francisco[2] and built the Sutro Baths.[3] His brother Theodore Sutro, husband of Florence Sutro, was seminal in the building and financing the Sutro Tunnel first proposed by his brother Adolph.[4] He studied the organ with Nicolas Lemmens in Brussels and moved to the United States in 1851, undertaking further studies at the Peabody Institute. He hosted a musical appreciation society known as the Wednesday Club. With fellow alum Fritz Finke, Sutro helped found the Oratorio Society of Baltimore, and became its main conductor.
He married Arianna Handy, a pianist, singer, and daughter of a former chief justice of Mississippi, Alexander Hamilton Handy.[5] [6] They had two daughters, Rose and Ottilie Sutro, who were the first recognised piano-duo team. Sutro sat for portrait artist David Dalhoff Neal in 1889 (see image). Rapheal Tuck & Son created a litho art card Character Otto Sutro.