These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut of Eduardo Strausser.

Brazilian conductor Eduardo Strausser served as Resident Conductor of Teatro São Paulo from 2014-2016. His 2022/23 season includes returns to the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Fundación Musical Simón Bolivar, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as debuts with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Bamberger Symphoniker.

Strausser’s opera productions in São Paolo have included R. Strauss’ Elektra and Carlos Gomes’ Fosca. He has also conducted Puccini’s La bohème for Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and Teatro Verdi in Padua, Italy, as well as performances of The Nutcracker with the Balé da Cidade de São Paulo. Other highlights include a new production of Leonard Evers’ Die Odyssee for Zurich Opera, Puccini’s Tosca for Theater Magdeburg, and other productions including Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.

Through his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts, Strausser developed an interest in contemporary composers and worked with the visionary Karlheinz Stockhausen. He also took part in the International Forum for Conductors at the Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt. He speaks eight languages fluently, including German, Italian, French, Spanish, and Hebrew.