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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The Metropolitan Opera has promoted John Upton to principal oboe. He has been an associate in the section for the past five years. The post Met instals principal oboe appeared first on Slippedisc.
Conductor Jay Fishman will give his last concerts with the Minnesota Sinfonia this weekend. After that, the orchestra will cease to exist. Fishman, 77, founded it in 1989 to play concerts in schools and for […]
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