Among the singers on stage, Eva Maria Riedl-Buschan is the star of the show: the young mezzo-soprano shone with her great vocal volume, precise intonation, her warm timbre and amazing stage presence. („Die Presse“, Vienna)

Celebrated as a unique soloist, Eva Maria Riedl has been singing most of the lyric mezzo roles in her career. She sure knows how to captive audiences with her beautiful warm, silky timbre, her distinguished interpretation and her exceptional musicality, which is also praised by conductors and renowned pianists. Directors love her authenticity as she is always thriving for an honest interpretation of a role, and offering outstanding versatility.
Eva Maria Riedl-Buschan has been on stage since high school and completed her training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Helena Lazarska, Charles Spencer and Reto Nickler.
In 2022 she was appointed professor of voice at the opera dept.of the prestigious University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW).

She finished her own studies as well in opera and concert singing as in vocal pedagogy with distinction and deepened her vocal knowledge in master classes with KS Brigitte Fassbaender, KS Christa Ludwig, KS Kurt Equiluz, Prof. Claudia Visca, Jack Li Vigni, Karl- Magnus Fredriksson and Paul Esswood. She was also awarded the MDW Prize for her exceptional achievements and is a prize winner in various international competitions.

After completing her diploma, Eva Maria was engaged by renowned KS Brigitte Fassbaender at Landestheater Tirol who became her most important mentor.
As a result of this contract and her work as a soloist at Vienna Volksoper for more than 12 years, covering also Vienna State Opera, she was able to develop a large mezzo-soprano repertoire under professional guidance.

She spent the last few years abroad before becoming professor at MDW, where she sang as a freelance artist, touring all over Europe. Apart from that she launched her own vocal studio and expanded her repertoire and knowledge with experienced colleagues and teachers from the Italian Belcanto School covering Belcanto, Verismo, French and late Romantic repertoire.

Her latest successes were Mahler’s Lied von der Erde at Konzerthaus Vienna, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, and Verdi Requiem at both Musikverein Graz and Vienna with great success and acknowledgment by the press.

Her repertoire is quite large in both opera and concert expanding from Baroque to modern music.
She has sung regularly in concerts and recitals at the Konzerthaus Vienna, and at the Vienna Musikverein, the Stefaniensaal in Graz, the Congress in Innsbruck, the „Rudolfinum“ Prague, Berlin Philharmonic, Liszt Festival Raiding, Festival Brezice, Esterházy castle, Svenska Akademien, Vasamuseet as well as in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Slovenia, Poland, Turkey, and Israel.

Her musical partners on the piano include Charles Spencer, Magnus Svensson, David Lutz, Eduard Kutrowatz, Matthias Lademann, Dieter Paier, Gary Matthewman, Marek Ruszczynski and Tim Ribchester.
She worked with Adam Fischer, Prof. Leopold Hager, Sir Mark Elder, Julia Jones, Axel Kober, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Speranza Scapucci, Guillermo Garcia Calvo, Josep Caballé-Domenech, Roberto Paternostro, Alexander Joel, Rubén Dubrovsky, Stefan Gottfried, Aleksandar Markovic, Henrik Nanási, Andreas Schüller, Gerrit Priessnitz, Sascha Goetzel, Alfred Eschwé, Joji Hattori, Jan Kučera, Mats Liljefors, et al.

Passing on experience as an integral part: She regularly had at least 7 students already during her studies and as a full time opera and concert singer.
Most of them have since become professional singers or started teaching themselves.
From her studio at MDW over the last 3 years her students were finalists or won prizes in international competitions and got hired by prestigious opera companies, concert halls and festivals such as Vienna State Opera Studio, Salzburg festival, Young Artists Academy Salzburg, Ars electronica, SWR competition, Hans Staud Competition, Triomphe de l’Art Belgium, Prima La Musica (young singers), Cittá di Brescia- Maria Callas, Martina Franca Belcanto Academy Selection, Internationale Meistersinger Akademie, Antonin Dvorák- Competition, Grandi Voci Competition, Konzerthaus Vienna, Musikverein Wien, Theater an der Wien, Kammeroper Wien, Landestheater Tirol, Accademia Teatro Carlo Felice, Kammeroper Schloß Rheinsberg, Klassik im Berg Festival Salzburg. Some of them appeared on Austrian, German and Polish broadcasting corporations.