…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.
Previously Resident Conductor for 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.
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.
2020/21 season only.
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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 25, 2020
LIGETI: Ramifications
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No. 10
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C
Schauman Hall
Jakobstadt, Finland
November 22, 2020
MOZART: Concerto for Violin No. 3 K216
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Stefan Jackiw, violin
TivoliVredenburg
Utrecht, Belgium
January 03, 2021
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
New Year's Concert
works by J. STRAUSS and F. LEHAR
Symphony Hall Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
January 17, 2021
SCHUBERT: Overture to Die Zauberharfe CHOPIN: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Eric Lu, piano
Seligman Center
Detroit, USA
April 23, 2021
MOZART: Overture from Don Giovanni BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in C minor
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 6 in C major
Oliver Schnyder, piano
Stadtcasino Basel
Basel, Switzerland
September 26, 2020
LIGETI: Ramifications
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No. 10
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C
Snellman Hall
Kokkola, Finland
December 15, 2020
HANDEL: Messiah
Francesca Chiejina, soprano
Katie Bray, mezzo-soprano
Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, tenor
Dingle Yandell, bass
Royal Albert Hall
London, UK
January 14, 2021
SCHUBERT: Overture to Die Zauberharfe CHOPIN: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Eric Lu, piano
Shaarey Zedek
Detroit, USA
February 14, 2021
Opera Gala with works by VERDI, PUCCINI, SAINT-SAENS and LEHAR
Bridgewater Hall
Manchester, UK
June 13, 2021
Het Gelders Orkest
TBA
Volkspark Enschede
Enschede, Netherlands
November 21, 2020
MOZART: Concerto for Violin No. 3 K216
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Koningin Elisabethzaal
Antwerp, Belgium
January 02, 2021
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
New Year's Concert
works by J. STRAUSS and F. LEHAR
The Forum Theatre
Malvern, UK
January 15, 2021
SCHUBERT: Overture to Die Zauberharfe CHOPIN: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Eric Lu, piano
Meyer Theater
Detroit, USA
March 04, 2021
Oulu Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis
Oulun musiikkikeskus
Oulu, Finland
…Strausser had the moment of his life, the best Jupiter Sinfonie in a long time!…
Clemens Goldberg,
Kultureradio
…”Eduardo Strausser brings youthful fire to the work (G. Verdi’s Otello) alongside vigilant attention to accuracy.”…
Opera Magazine
Ed Milner
Camilla Walt