…a real force of nature. His conducting is imbued with charisma, stage presence, and good chemistry with the orchestra…
Daily Revolution
The charismatic Brazilian conductor, Eduardo Strausser has gained a reputation for his intelligent programming and powerful style on the podium. Highlights of the first part of the 2021/22 season include a new commission, Odyssee for Zurich Opera as well as performances with violinist Augustin Hadelich at the Musikkollegium Winterthur and a delayed debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He will join Collegium Musicum Basel in the Spring as well as making debuts with Kansas City Symphony and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and returning to Venezuela to conduct the El Sistema Orchestra.
Successes of the season included debuts with Detroit Symphony Orchestra as well as Handel’s Messiah with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Other highlights included concerts with Oulu Symphoniker and a mixed programme of Liszt and Schumann for Dubrovnik Summer Festival.
Previous European symphonic highlights include engagements with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Deutsche Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic and Oslo Philharmonic as well as Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Elsewhere he has made debuts in previous seasons in Australia with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and South America with Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico.
Formerly Resident Conductor at the Teatro Sao Paolo from 2014 – 2016, Eduardo has conducted several operas including Elektra and Carlos Gomes´ Fosca, as well as performances of The Nutcracker with the Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, and a Stefano Poda production of Mahler Symphony No.1. Other highlights include Tosca for Theater Magdeburg which he also conducted for Staastheater Hannover alongside several other productions including; Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Hansel and Gretel and Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere he has conducted La bohème for Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and Teatro Verdi di Padova.
Besides his studies at the Zurich University of Arts, Eduardo has worked with the visionary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen as part of a two-month course in Kürten, Germany. He has also participated in masterclasses with Bernard Haitink and David Zinman in Switzerland and with Kurt Masur in New York. In 2008Eduardo was selected to take part in the prestigious 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. He is now based in Berlin.
Eduardo has worked with a number of top soloists, including Isabelle Faust, Richard Galliano, Steven Osborne, Barnabas Kelemen and Sergei Krylov among others. A multi-linguist, Eduardo can speak 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 15, 2022
A. PIAZZOLLA, Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires
Gabriela MONTERO: Piano Concerto No. 1 "Latin"
A. GINASTERA: Bomarzo suite
Anna Christensson, piano
Umeå, Sweden
October 29, 2022
HOLLY HARRISON : Burnout
DVORAK : Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104
PROKOFIEV : Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Sydney Opera House, Australia
December 14, 2022
HANDEL : Messiah (HWV 56)
Ella Taylor, soprano
Angharad Lyddon, mezzo
Zwakele Tshabalala, tenor
William Thomas, bass
Royal Albert Hall, UK
February 17, 2023
SCHUMANN : Overture from Manfred Op. 115
R. STRAUSS : Duett-Concertino AV 300
DVORAK : Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Samuel Almaguer, clarinet
Aaron Apaza, bassoon
North Carolina, USA
April 22, 2023
BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Bamberg, Germany
April 29, 2023
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
ARVO PÄRT : Fratres
LACHLAN SKIPWORTH: The Tides of Longing (World Premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY : Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Abimanjou Mathivannan, actor
Jay Emmanuel, writer and librettist
WASO Chorus
Aquinas College Schola Choir
Perth, Australia
May 13, 2023
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
MOZART: Don Giovanni Overture
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.3
Paul Lewis, piano
Tauranga, New Zealand
May 20, 2023
MOZART: Don Giovanni Overture
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.3
Paul Lewis, piano
Christchurch, New Zealand
October 27, 2022
HOLLY HARRISON : Burnout
DVORAK : Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104
PROKOFIEV : Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Sydney Opera House, Australia
November 17, 2022
ROSSINI : Overture from Guillaume Tell
Geoffrey GORDON : Mad Song
SHOSTAKOVICH : Symphony No. 15 in A major op. 141
Dmitri Mestdag, english horn
Antwerp, Belgium
January 25, 2023
WAGNER : Lohengrin Prelude Act I
BEETHOVEN : Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 (Emperor)
PROKOFIEV : Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Cédric Tiberghien, piano
February 18, 2023
SCHUMANN : Overture from Manfred Op. 115
R. STRAUSS : Duett-Concertino AV 300
DVORAK : Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Samuel Almaguer, clarinet
Aaron Apaza, bassoon
North Carolina, USA
May 11, 2023
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Ross HARRIS: Cento
BEETHOVEN : Concerto for Piano No. 5 (Emperor)
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op.61
Paul Lewis, piano
Wellington, New Zealand
May 14, 2023
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Ross HARRIS: Cento
BEETHOVEN : Concerto for Piano No. 5 (Emperor)
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op.61
Paul Lewis, piano
Tauranga, New Zealand
May 21, 2023
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Ross HARRIS: Cento
BEETHOVEN : Concerto for Piano No. 5 (Emperor)
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op.61
Paul Lewis, piano
Christchurch, New Zealand
October 28, 2022
HOLLY HARRISON : Burnout
DVORAK : Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104
PROKOFIEV : Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Sydney Opera House, Australia
November 18, 2022
ROSSINI : Overture from Guillaume Tell
Geoffrey GORDON : Mad Song
SHOSTAKOVICH : Symphony No. 15 in A major op. 141
Dmitri Mestdag, english horn
Antwerp, Belgium
February 12, 2023
Opera Gala with works by Verdi, Puccini, Saint-Saëns, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lehár
Lauren Fagan, soprano
Zwakele Tshabalala, tenor
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
April 28, 2023
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
ARVO PÄRT : Fratres
LACHLAN SKIPWORTH: The Tides of Longing (World Premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY : Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Abimanjou Mathivannan, actor
Jay Emmanuel, writer and librettist
WASO Chorus
Aquinas College Schola Choir
Perth, Australia
May 12, 2023
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.1
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.4
Paul Lewis, piano
Tauranga, New Zealand
May 19, 2023
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.1
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.4
Paul Lewis, piano
Christchurch, New Zealand
…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
Camilla Walt