…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
August 16, 2024
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
MOZART: Concerto for Piano No. 22 in E flat major, K482
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in
G major, Op. 88
Yeol Eum Son, piano
Concertgebow Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 20, 2024
Ulster Symphony
Michael Gallen: How to go off (like a rocket) for orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Titan'
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Belfast, United Kingdom
October 19, 2024
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
RACHMANINOV: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op.30
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano
Brisbane, Australia
October 30, 2024
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
SCHUMANN: Overture from
Manfred Op. 115
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
in E minor, Op. 11
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3
in A minor, Op. 56
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Sydney Opera House, Australia
November 02, 2024
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
SCHUMANN: Overture from
Manfred Op. 115
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
in E minor, Op. 11
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3
in A minor, Op. 56
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Sydney Opera House, Australia
November 24, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Katarina Barruk Tour
Bodø, Norway
November 29, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Katarina Barruk Tour
Skellefteå, Sweden
January 05, 2025
The Hallé Orchestra
New Year’s Concert
Alexandra Lowe, soprano
Bradford, United Kingdom
January 12, 2025
Roxanna PANUFNIK: Three Paths
to Peace
REINECKE : Concerto for Flute
in D major, Op. 283
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in
D major, Op. 36
Chloé Dufossez, flute
Sète, France
February 06, 2025
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Anna CLYNE: Colour Field
Maria W. HORN: Concerto for Disklavier
HINDEMITH: Symphony
“Mathis der Maler”
Umeå, Sweden
March 15, 2025
Norrlandsoperan
Jenny WILSON: Women as Lovers
Umeå, Sweden
March 23, 2025
Norrlandsoperan
Jenny WILSON: Women as Lovers
Umeå, Sweden
April 03, 2025
Bilbao Symphony Orchestra
Wojcieh KILAR: Orawa
PENDERECKI: Concerto Grosso
for three cellos
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
in E minor, Op. 98
Michał Dombrowsky, cello
Orfilia Saiz, cello
Bilbao, Basque Country
April 09, 2025
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vitezslava KAPRÁLOVÁ:
Suita Rustica, op. 19
KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin
in D major, Op.35
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8
in G major, Op. 88
Liya Petrova, violin
London, United Kingdom
May 03, 2025
Pacific Symphony
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
in D major, 'Titan'
George Li, piano
Costa Mesa, USA
June 20, 2025
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Jakub JANKOWSKI: New Piece TBA
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL: Bolero
Stefan Cassomenos, piano
Adelaide, Australia
June 27, 2025
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Bree VAN REYK: Fanfare for Solidarity
KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op.35
GERSHWIN: “Cuban Ouverture”
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Christian Li, violin
Sydney Opera House, Australia
August 29, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Franghiz ALI-ZADEH: 'Sturm und Drang' for chamber orchestra
BARTOK: Concerto for Piano No. 3
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in
G major, Op. 88
Roland Pöntinen, piano
Umeå, Sweden
October 12, 2024
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
RACHMANINOV: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op.30
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
October 26, 2024
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Bernstein, Kats-Chernin, Saint-Saens, Beethoven, Rowland, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Strauss II
Ein Na, violin
Gold Coast, Australia
October 31, 2024
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
SCHUMANN: Overture from
Manfred Op. 115
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
in E minor, Op. 11
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3
in A minor, Op. 56
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Sydney Opera House, Australia
November 21, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Katarina Barruk Tour
Umeå, Sweden
November 26, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Katarina Barruk Tour
Trondheim, Norway
January 03, 2025
The Hallé Orchestra
New Year’s Concert
Alexandra Lowe, soprano
Hanley, United Kingdom
January 10, 2025
Orchestre National de Montpellier
Roxanna PANUFNIK: Three Paths
to Peace
REINECKE : Concerto for Flute
in D major, Op. 283
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in
D major, Op. 36
Chloé Dufossez, flute
Montpellier, France
January 17, 2025
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Anna CLYNE: Colour Field
MOZART: Concerto for Piano No. 21 in C major, K467
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2
in D major, Op. 36
Javier Perianes, piano
San Diego, USA
March 08, 2025
Norrlandsoperan
Jenny WILSON: Women as Lovers
Umeå, Sweden
March 20, 2025
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer HIGDON: Cityscapes
BEETHOVEN. Concerto for Piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
SCHUBERT/BERIO: Rendering
Lise de la Salle, piano
Umeå, Sweden
March 28, 2025
Norrlandsoperan
Jenny WILSON: Women as Lovers
Umeå, Sweden
April 04, 2025
Bilbao Symphony Orchestra
Wojcieh KILAR: Orawa
PENDERECKI: Concerto Grosso
for three cellos
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
in E minor, Op. 98
Michał Dombrowsky, cello
Orfilia Saiz, cello
Bilbao, Basque Country
May 01, 2025
Pacific Symphony
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
in D major, 'Titan'
George Li, piano
Costa Mesa, USA
June 09, 2025
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Toshio HOSOKAWA: Ceremony, for flute and orchestra
HAYDN: Symphony No. 103
in E flat, Op. 95
Daniela Koch, flute
Umeå, Sweden
June 21, 2025
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Jakub JANKOWSKI: New Piece TBA
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL: Bolero
Stefan Cassomenos, piano
Adelaide, Australia
June 28, 2025
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Bree VAN REYK: Fanfare for Solidarity
KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op.35
GERSHWIN: “Cuban Ouverture”
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Christian Li, violin
Sydney Opera House, Australia
August 30, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Franghiz ALI-ZADEH: 'Sturm und Drang' for chamber orchestra
BARTOK: Concerto for Piano No. 3
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in
G major, Op. 88
Roland Pöntinen, piano
Skellefteå, Sweden
October 18, 2024
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
RACHMANINOV: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op.30
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano
Brisbane, Australia
October 27, 2024
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Bernstein, Kats-Chernin, Saint-Saens, Beethoven, Rowland, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Strauss II
Ein Na, violin
Brisbane, Australia
November 01, 2024
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
SCHUMANN: Overture from
Manfred Op. 115
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
in E minor, Op. 11
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3
in A minor, Op. 56
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Sydney Opera House, Australia
November 22, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Katarina Barruk Tour
Luleå, Sweden
November 27, 2024
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Katarina Barruk Tour
Östersund, Sweden
January 04, 2025
The Hallé Orchestra
New Year’s Concert
Alexandra Lowe, soprano
Manchester, United Kingdom
January 11, 2025
Orchestre National de Montpellier
Roxanna PANUFNIK: Three Paths
to Peace
REINECKE : Concerto for Flute
in D major, Op. 283
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in
D major, Op. 36
Chloé Dufossez, flute
Montpellier, France
January 18, 2025
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Anna CLYNE: Colour Field
MOZART: Concerto for Piano No. 21 in C major, K467
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2
in D major, Op. 36
Javier Perianes, piano
San Diego, USA
March 11, 2025
Norrlandsoperan
Jenny WILSON: Women as Lovers
Umeå, Sweden
March 22, 2025
Norrlandsoperan
Jenny WILSON: Women as Lovers
Umeå, Sweden
March 29, 2025
Norrlandsoperan
Jenny WILSON: Women as Lovers
Umeå, Sweden
April 08, 2025
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
SCHUMANN: Overture from
Manfred Op. 115
KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin
in D major, Op.35
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8
in G major, Op. 88
Liya Petrova, violin
London, United Kingdom
May 02, 2025
Pacific Symphony
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
in D major, 'Titan'
George Li, piano
Costa Mesa, USA
June 19, 2025
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Jakub JANKOWSKI: New Piece TBA
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL: Bolero
Stefan Cassomenos, piano
Adelaide, Australia
June 26, 2025
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Bree VAN REYK: Fanfare for Solidarity
KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op.35
GERSHWIN: “Cuban Ouverture”
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Christian Li, violin
Sydney Opera House, Australia
…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