American wins Manchester shootout

American wins Manchester shootout

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

March 15, 2023

The young American Euan Shields last night won the Siemens-Hallé International Conducting Competition.

Shields outscored Agata Zając and Pablo Urbina in the final shootout and has been hired immediately as assistant to Halle music director Sir Mark Elder.

He was born and raised in Japan.

photo: Alex Burns/The Hallé

Comments

  • Robert Holmén says:

    “Shields outscored Agata Zając and Pablo Urbina in the final shootout…”

    Life beginning to sound like a Peter Schickele routine.

  • TruthHurts says:

    How could he have won? He’s not a woman! This is a scandalous disgrace!

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