Past editions artist

Eberhard Riese

On our stage at:

2008

Born in Leipzig in 1951, Eberhard Riese studied mathematics, German literature and history in Stuttgart, where he has taught high school since 1978. He has practiced magic since 1969, covering manipulation, parlour magic and MC work, and in 1979 he became President of the Stuttgart Magic Circle.

Above all he is one of the great coaches of European magic: he has worked on prize winning acts by Topas, Roxanne, Andy Häussler, Simon Pierro, Tom Voss, Chapeau, Marc & Alex, Julius Frack and Wave, among many others. His book "Fundamente" (2003), on coaching magic acts, has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. From 1990 to 2003 he edited the German magazine "MAGIE".

Vice-President of the Magic Circle of Germany from 1987, he became its President in 2010; he has served on the FISM jury since 1988 and in 2006 received the Creative Fellowship Award from the Academy of Magical Arts in Los Angeles.

He was our guest at the Masters of Magic Convention 2008.

This page is part of our historical archive: it tells the story of the PAST editions. The 2027 cast is revealed one name at a time on the Artists page.