“(Zhang) is riveting to watch; her musical results are even more riveting to hear.”
– Seattle Times
BIOGRAPHY
Music Director – New Jersey Symphony, Music Director Designate – Seattle Symphony, Conductor Emeritus – Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Honorary Doctorate: The Juilliard School
CONCERTS & OPERA
See Xian Zhang in concert with the New Jersey Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and guest appearances around the world.
NEWS
“(Zhang) is riveting to watch; her musical results are even more riveting to hear” – Xian Zhang Conducts the Seattle Symphony
Ahead of her tenure as Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, set to begin in the 2025/26 season, Xian Zhang led the orchestra in three concerts on 12, 14, and 15 June 2025. The programme featured Beethoven's Violin Concerto with violinist Hilary Hahn and Prokofiev's...
Xian Zhang Makes Highly Acclaimed Return to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Last week, Xian Zhang returned to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for a trio of performances on the 29 May at The Music Center at Strathmore and 31 May and 1 June at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. With the programme including Chen Yi's Landscape Impression,...
Watch Xian Zhang & Seattle Symphony’s New Video: Xian Zhang’s Path to Music Director
The next chapter begins... Xian Zhang and Seattle Symphony have released a new video interview on her road to becoming its new Music Director. The write, "Music has been a lifelong source of joy for Music Director Xian Zhang, from growing up playing a piano built by...
CONTACT
Alexander Monsey
GENERAL MANAGER
BEVERLEY VONG
GENERAL MANAGER
ALISON HEATHER
NORTH AMERICAN BOOKING REPRESENTATIVE
Oliver Titheridge-Stone
ASSISTANT ARTIST MANAGER