Tag: Xian Zhang
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Moving Forward: Opportunities for Women Conductors
It’s been a banner year for opportunities for women conductors. Since this time last year we’ve shared stories about: Elim Chan, the first woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition Rei Hotoda, the first woman Associate Conductor to the Utah Symphony Orchestra JoAnn Falletta renewed her contract with the Buffalo Philharmonic Agata Sorotokin, who…
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Xian Zhang Featured in Article on Conductors
A New York Times article explores and explains the conductors job, how “he or she makes music’s meaning clear through body motion.” We are happy that Xian Zhang is included as one of seven conductors interviewed in the article, and featured with a photograph as well. The article is fascinating, but I do wonder if a bit of…
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(Yet Another) Article about Women Conductors
Another addition to the continued conversation about the trials and tribulations or women as conductors in the professional music world appeared in Variety this past week. The piece, written by Anastasia Tsioulcas, is also a contender in the contest for the Poorest Worded Headlines as it announces, “Females Make Inroads into Conducting.” As if the…
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Women Conductors in LA Times
The Los Angeles Times recently printed a substantial article on recent appointments of several women conductors to prestigious orchestras. The piece opens with the recent news surrounding Xian Zhang and her appointment to The Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra in Milan, and the way that some in the media have highlighted her gender in a way that…