Kevin John Edusei

German conductor Kevin John Edusei is praised repeatedly for the drama and tension in his music-making and the sense of architecture, warmth, and stylistic insight that he brings to his performances. He is deeply committed to the creative elements of performance, cultivating audiences and conducting an eclectic range of repertoire.

In the 2025–26 season, Edusei was conductor-in-residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which included three specially curated programs at London’s iconic Cadogan Hall. He continues to be in high demand in North America, where he recently debuted with the Atlanta and St. Louis symphony orchestras and returned to the Kansas City, Colorado, Indianapolis, and Seattle symphonies. Other recent engagements include performances with New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also the former chief conductor of the Munich Symphony Orchestra.

In 2022, Edusei made his debut at the Royal Ballet and Opera conducting Puccini’s La bohème, which was streamed across cinemas worldwide, and in 2023–24, he returned for a production of Madama Butterfly. Previously, he enjoyed great success with productions at the Semperoper Dresden, English National Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Volksoper Wien, and Komische Oper Berlin. During his tenure as chief conductor of the Bern Opera House, he led highly acclaimed new productions, including Peter Grimes, Salome, Bluebeard’s Castle, Káťa Kábanová, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, and a cycle of the Mozart-Da Ponte operas.

Edusei studied orchestral conducting at the University of the Arts Berlin and The Hague’s Royal Conservatory. In 2004, he was awarded a conducting fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival and School. In 2007, he was a prizewinner at the Lucerne Festival Conducting Competition, under the artistic direction of Pierre Boulez, and he won first prize of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos Competition in Athens. Edusei is an alumnus of the Deutsche Bank Akademie Musiktheater heute and the Dirigentenforum of the German Music Council. He resides with his family in Munich.