Strauch, Alexander 01/01/1971

Alexander Strauch was born in Munich, Germany in 1971. He studied piano and violoncello as a child. From 1985 to 1992 he studied composition privately with Konrad Jäger and Professor Kay Westermann. From 1992 to 1998 he studied composition with Professor Hans-Jürgen von Bose and conducting with Professor Ulrich Nicolai at the Münchener Musikhochschule. From 1992 to 1994 he participated in composition courses, including the Jugendfestspieltreffen Bayreuth and the libretto workshop of the Münchener Biennale. From 1998 to 2001 he studied with Professor Hans Zender and Professor Isabel Mundry at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt.



His operas "Narrow Rooms", "Adamic Songs", "Schöne Zeiten," and "Phädra" have all been performed. He has been commissioned to write for the Münchener Kammerorchester, the Prinzregententheater München, the Bavarian State Opera, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the Fredener Musiktage and for concerts in the Haus der Kunst München. He also conducts various choral ensembles. His compositions have been produced and broadcast ba the Bayerischer Rundfunk and Deutschlandradio Berlin. "Der Hügel" and "Der Nachhauseweg" have been recorded.