Photo: Astrid Ackermann
“...she is a rising star"
San Francisco Classical Voice
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"Syrse is an arresting singer as well as composer that appears destined to play a defining role on the future of Mexican music..."
Mark Swed, Los A ngeles Times
Diana Syrse is an award-winning composer and singer with an international presence. Recognized as one of the most compelling voices of her generation, her work is defined by emotional depth and a clear artistic point of view, shaped by an interdisciplinary practice. Known for crafting powerful musical images in her creations, she engages with lived realities and processes of change and transformation, often with the voice and text at the center. With more than one hundred works performed worldwide spanning opera and music theatre, orchestral, choral, chamber, songs, and interdisciplinary projects she has received commissions from leading institutions and worked for more than fifteen opera and music theatre productions. Syrse holds two master’s degrees and a doctorate in composition, and her catalogue is published by Ricordi, Éditions Lacroch', and Sur Editions. Syrse was born in Mexico, holds Mexican and German nationality, and is currently based in Paris.
Commission│Liberty - Bavarian State Opera
30.04.2027
Munich, Germany
As part of the Ja, Mai festival at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Liberty is a new opera by Mexican composer Diana Syrse with a libretto by Sofi Oksanen, conducted by Alexandre Bloch and directed by Elsa-Sophie Jach. The creative team includes stage designer Aleksandra Pavlović, costume designer Belle Santos, lighting by Lukas Kaschube, chorus direction by Franz Obermair, and dramaturgy by Lukas Leipfinger. The work confronts domestic violence and its lasting impact across generations, unfolding through childhood memory and adult retrospection, resistance and freedom. Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich.
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Commission│Musicatreize - Contemporary vocal ensemble & percussion
2027
Marseille, France
Premiere of a new choral work commissioned by Musikatreize written for 12 solo singers and percussion featuring an original text by Syrse inspired by the myth of Hercules conducted by Roland Hayrabedian. This piece will be published by Éditions Lacroch and will premiere in early 2027, as part of an album project with a live presentation in Marseille, France.
Photo by Musicatreize ©-Olivier-Monge-MYOP-pour-la-Fondation-Bettencourt-Schueller
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Commission│Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie
15.04.2027
Montpellier, France
Commissioned to create Hotel Moctezuma, Mexican artists composer Diana Syrse and librettist Carlos José Pérez Sámano join forces with Polish emerging director Ewa Rucińska and French choreographer Jean Hostache on a new opera commissioned by Opéra national de Montpellier in collaboration with Opera Warsaw.
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New signing│Éditions Lacroch
01.02.2026
Paris, France
Diana Syrse is now published by Éditions Lacroch', a Paris-based publisher dedicated to renewing the musical landscape and making it accessible to wider audiences. The first work available through the catalogue is Islas, a piece for mixed choir, a testament to Syrse's ongoing exploration of voice, electronics, and the social and cultural themes that define her compositional voice.
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New Opera Dialogues│Yale University
2025
New Haven, CT, USA
Participation in New Opera Dialogues at Yale University, a forum dedicated to contemporary operatic creation, artistic exchange, and interdisciplinary dialogue. The event brought together composers, performers, and scholars to reflect on current practices and future directions in opera. NOD 2026 was presented under the direction of Dr. Amy Stebbins and Hauke Berheide.
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New signing│Sur Editions
2025
Mexico City, DF, Mexico
New signing with Sur Editions for Latin America.
The collaboration begins with two upcoming performances featuring pianist Ana Gabriela Fernández, who will present Fractured Memories (Memorias Fracturadas) for solo piano.
June 17, 2026 – 19:00
Tetetlán, Mexico City.
January 21, 2026 – 19:00
Fondation de la Maison du Mexique, Paris.
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FEDORA Audience Award - Opera Hotel Moctezuma
2025
Montpellier, France
Hotel Moctezuma won the FEDORA Audience Award at the 2025 FEDORA Prizes ceremony held on April 26 at the Vienna State Opera, receiving a €10,000 prize supported by the European Union, Cecilia Erös, and Yannick Willemin. The new opera is created by composer Diana Syrse, librettist Carlos José Pérez Sámano, stage director Ewa Rucińska, and choreographer Jean Hostache, and will be presented in Montpellier in 2026–27 in co-production with the Polish National Opera in Warsaw.
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Commission - World Premiere│Bremer Philharmoniker
21.09.2025 - 22.09.2025
Domsheide 6-8, 28195 Bremen, Germany
Multiplicidad explores themes of migration, identity, and cultural hybridity. Written in five languages—Spanish, French, German, Nahuatl, and English—the work weaves together personal and collective narratives about the experience of displacement, the search for belonging, and the resilience of the human spirit. Syrse combines extended vocal techniques with shifting meters and timbral colorations to create a vivid musical landscape where the voice becomes both storyteller and instrument.
Work commissioned by the Bremer Philharmoniker with the support of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores del FONCA.
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New release: Quetzalcóatl│Album "Sein"
2025
Winterthur, Switzerland
The album "Sein" featuring Diana Syrse's Quetzalcóatl is performed by the Musikkollegium Winterthur under the direction of conductor Roberto González-Monjas.
Mozart’s 40th Symphony in G minor is far more than just a well-known melody—it is a profound exploration of suffering, passion, and humanity. This same depth of emotion is at the heart of Quetzalcóatl, the new album by Diana Syrse, where music becomes a powerful medium for storytelling and transformation. Inspired by the legendary feathered serpent, Quetzalcóatl is an immersive sonic journey that blends ancestral mythology with contemporary innovation. Through a fusion of orchestral richness, dynamic vocal textures, and cutting-edge soundscapes, the album delves into themes of metamorphosis, duality, and transcendence. Syrse invites the listener to experience music as a path to profound emotions—love, pain, passion, and ultimate freedom.
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CDMX│Orquesta Filarmónica de la CDMX
18.10.2025 - 19.10.2025
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Ciudad de Mexico for symphonic orchestra will be featured in this exciting program alongside music by Ravel and Sibelius, under the direction of Martin Lebel.
Saturday, October 18 – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 19 – 12:30 p.m.
Sala Silvestre Revueltas, Mexico City
Program:
Diana Syrse – Ciudad de México
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade: Fairy Overture
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
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Commission│Junge Deutsche Philharmonie & Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
01.09.2024
Frankfurt, Germany
"To be told" a new piece for the closing concert of the program SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY . A commission for chamber orchestra and electronics supported by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
5th concert FREISPIEL 2024: SHIFTING FUTURES
Admission from 10:30 am
Organiser: Junge Deutsche Philharmonie e.V. (Young German Philharmonic Orchestra)
André de Ridder, conductor
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Gigante Roja for orchestra │Mexico City
15/16.06.2024
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Presentación de la obra de orquesta "Gigante Roja" interpretada por la Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM / Sylvain Gasançon, director titular.
El programa 9 de la OFUNAM se presentará los días 15 y 16 de junio a las 8 y 12 p. m. respectivamente, en la Sala Nezahualcóyotl del Centro Cultural Universitario.
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Connected Identities
15.09.2024
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Connected Identities - Recording with URTEXT
Diana Syrse, voice
Orquesta Escuela Carlos Chávez
Conducted by Eduardo García Barrios
Works by Diana Syrse, lyrics by Diana Syrse & Aleksi Barrière
Sistema de Fomento Musical
Mexico City
Performing the soprano part herself, Syrse unfolds an intimate personal journey, in which she explores multiple external voices in the search for and discovery of her own. This work was conceived in collaboration with writer-director Aleksi Barrière, who co-authored the multilingual libretto.
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