Xian zhang conductor biography sample
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Xian zhang conductor biography sample
Xian Zhang (conductor)
Chinese-American conductor
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Xian Zhang (Chinese: 张弦; born 1973) is a Chinese-Americanconductor.
Biography
Born in Dandong, Liaoning, China, to musician parents,[1] Zhang began to learn music as a child with her mother on a piano built by her father.[2][3] She continued her music studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing where she received her bachelor's and master's degrees.
Her first conducting appearance was at age 19 with the China National Opera Orchestra in a production of The Marriage of Figaro.[4]
Zhang moved to the United States in 1998.[5] She studied for her doctorate in music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and for four years was the music director of the university's orchestra.
In 2002, she shared the first prize of the first Maazel-Vilar Conductor's Competition. She was a cover conducto