Xian Zhang, center, on April 4 during a pre-concert performance at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. (Carlin Ma/Seattle Symphony Orchestra) Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music director of the Seattle ...

Re: “A frequent visitor, Xian Zhang becomes first woman to lead Seattle Symphony” [Sept. 6, A1]: Brava to Xian Zhang, the Seattle Symphony and the city of Seattle. After 121 years, the Seattle ...

The two masterpieces on the current Seattle Symphony program would be enough to attract any music lover: Beethoven’s great (and only) Violin Concerto, and Prokofiev’s fiery Fifth Symphony. When the ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Symphony Board of Directors selected Xian Zhang to lead the symphony as its first female music director. Zhang has been involved with the Seattle Symphony since 2008, where she ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music ...

The multi award-winning Seattle Symphony Orchestra unleashes the power of music, bringing people together from across the community with their internationally acclaimed and inventive programming. With ...

Xian Zhang, Seattle Symphony's new music director, leads a rehearsal of the orchestra Friday morning at Benaroya Hall. She is the first woman and person of color to hold that position in Seattle ...

The Smithsonian Institution announced Wednesday a $50-million donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will be used partially for a program to help the museum reach young people online, ...

Xian Zhang will be the first woman and person of color to lead the Seattle Symphony, and one of only two women leading a top-tier American orchestra. By Javier C. Hernández Works by George Walker and ...