The American conductor Matthew Shaw has been appointed Assistant Conductor at the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, France.
Shaw, 25, is presently Assistant Conductor of the Utah Sumphony, working with Thierry Fischer and David Robertson.
He’s from Columbia, Ohio, and is managed by Maestro Arts in London.
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