…a real force of nature. His conducting is imbued with charisma, stage presence, and good chemistry with the orchestra…
Daily Revolution
The 2023/24 season sees Brazilian conductor Eduardo Strausser continue his regular relationships with Kansas City Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as well as conduct engagements with Bamberger Symphoniker, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestre de Montpellier and Argovia Philharmonic. He also has regular relationships with Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. US engagements have included the symphony orchestras of North Carolina, Detroit and Indianapolis.
Working extensively across Australia and New Zealand, Strausser has regular relationships with Sydney and Queensland symphony orchestras, and has had recent concerts with New Zealand and West Australian symphony orchestras.
Previously Resident Conductor of Teatro Sao Paolo from 2014 – 2016, Eduardo has become an experienced opera conductor and productions in Sao Paolo have included Elektra and Carlos Gomes’ Fosca, as well as performances of The Nutcracker with Balé da Cidade de São Paulo and a Stefano Poda production of Mahler’s Symphony No.1. He is now based in Berlin but still returns home to Latin America for guest conducting.
Eduardo opens 2023/24 season with a new production of Tosca for Nothern Ireland Opera. Most recently he led Leonard Ever’s DieOdyssee for Zurich Opera and other highlights include Tosca for Theater Magdeburg which he also conducted for Staastheater Hannover alongside productions including Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Hansel and Gretel and Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere he has also conducted La bohème for Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and Teatro Verdi di Padova.
From a young age, Eduardo developed an interest in works by contemporary composers and during his studies he took part in courses with the visionary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and attended the International Forum for Conductors at the Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, where he had the chance to work closely with composers György Kurtág and Brian Ferneyhough. At the Zurich University of Arts he studied with Johannes Schlaefli.
Eduardo has worked with a number of top soloists, including Paul Lewis, Isabelle Faust, Augustin Hadelich, Richard Galliano, Cédric Tiberghien, Steven Osborne, Barnabas Kelemen and Sergei Krylov among others. A multi-linguist, Eduardo speaks eight languages fluently including German, Italian, French, Spanish and Hebrew.
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…“Everything is subject to the smooth sovereignty of the musical direction of Eduardo Strausser: he emphasizes all the details with the Staatsochester, so that brilliant accuracy goes hand in hand with an exhilarating zest for life. It didn’t take a minute for the audience to stand.”…
Neue Musikzeitung
September 9, 2023
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Grand Opera House Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland
September 16, 2023
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Grand Opera House Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland
October 08, 2023
MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin in E-Minor, Op. 64
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Leia Zhu, violin
Carlisle, United Kingdom
November 19, 2023
ARVO PÄRT: Salve Regina
VERDI: Stabat Mater and Te Deum
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Kansas City, USA
February 02, 2024
ROSSINI: Overture from La Cenerentola
VILLA-LOBOS: Fantasia for Saxophone
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel Suite
JOHN WILLIAMS: Escapades
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919)
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Sheffield, United Kingdom
March 08, 2024
T. FRÖHLICH: Konzert-Ouvertüre in B-Dur
C. NIELSEN: Concerto for Flute
BEETHOVEN: Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 36
Ana de la Vega, flute
Baden, Switzerland
March 12, 2024
T. FRÖHLICH: Konzert-Ouvertüre in B-Dur
C. NIELSEN: Concerto for Flute
BEETHOVEN: Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 36
Ana de la Vega, flute
Villmergen, Switzerland
September 12, 2023
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Grand Opera House Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland
September 22, 2023
MOZART: Overture from Don Giovanni
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Marie-Ange Nguci, piano
Salt Lake City, USA
October 09, 2023
MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin in E-Minor, Op. 64
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Leia Zhu, violin
Darlington, United Kingdom
November 17, 2023
ARVO PÄRT: Salve Regina
VERDI: Stabat Mater and Te Deum
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Kansas City, USA
January 31, 2024
ROSSINI: Overture from La Cenerentola
VILLA-LOBOS: Fantasia for Saxophone
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel Suite
JOHN WILLIAMS: Escapades
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919)
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Birmingham, United Kingdom
29 February 2024
C. V. STANFORD: Irish Rhapsody No. 1
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
Belfast, United Kingdom
March 09, 2024
T. FRÖHLICH: Konzert-Ouvertüre in B-Dur
C. NIELSEN: Concerto for Flute
BEETHOVEN: Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 36
Ana de la Vega, flute
Beinwil am See, Switzerland
September 14, 2023
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Grand Opera House Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland
September 23, 2023
MOZART: Overture from Don Giovanni
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Marie-Ange Nguci, piano
Salt Lake City, USA
November 18, 2023
ARVO PÄRT: Salve Regina
VERDI: Stabat Mater and Te Deum
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Kansas City, USA
February 01, 2024
ROSSINI: Overture from La Cenerentola
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel Suite
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919)
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux, violin
Nottingham, United Kingdom
March 07, 2024
T. FRÖHLICH: Konzert-Ouvertüre in B-Dur
C. NIELSEN: Concerto for Flute
BEETHOVEN: Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 36
Ana de la Vega, flute
Baden, Switzerland
March 10, 2024
T. FRÖHLICH: Konzert-Ouvertüre in B-Dur
C. NIELSEN: Concerto for Flute
BEETHOVEN: Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 36
Ana de la Vega, flute
Aarau, Switzerland
…Strausser had the moment of his life, the best Jupiter Sinfonie in a long time!…
Clemens Goldberg,
rbb Kultur
…”Eduardo Strausser brings youthful fire to the work (G. Verdi’s Otello) alongside vigilant attention to accuracy.”…
Opera Magazine
Ed Milner
Anna Ustynyuk