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Violinist & bandleader who came to Singapore from Shanghai in 1932. At first he jointly conducted the orchestra at the Adelphi & Sea View Hotels with Dick Adamson, but when Adamson left for Hong Kong in late 1932 he became the sole orchestra leader and continued in that role until 1934. He married the popular dancer Tania Svetlanova in Singapore in July 1933.
Strauss returned to Shanghai to conduct the orchestra at the Little Club in 1934, but after a few months he briefly returned to Singapore in 1935 on his way to Java, and by December 1936 he was leading Paul Strauss & His orchestra at the Princess Restaurant in Calcutta, India.
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Paul Strauss in Singapore (1932). Image provided by Ross Laird.
Sources
“New Orchestra in Singapore.” 1932. The Singapore Free Press, June 23, 1932, 2. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Singapore Wedding.” 1933. The Straits Times, July 31, 1933, 12. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Paul Strauss Coming to Singapore Soon.” 1935. The Singapore Free Press, January 30, 1935. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Dance Music by Paul Strauss and His Orchestra.” 1936. The Straits Times, December 5, 1936, 8. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
Contributor
2025. “Paul Strauss“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
