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張弦 Xian ZHANG

紐澤西交響樂團 音樂總監
西雅圖交響樂團 音樂總監
米蘭交響樂團 榮譽指揮
中國國家大劇院管弦樂團 首席客席指揮

2025/26樂季是曾獲葛萊美獎®與艾美獎肯定的指揮家張弦擔任紐澤西交響樂團音樂總監的第十個樂季。在她的藝術領導下，紐澤西交響樂團於2022年以音樂會電影《EMERGE》等作品在中大西洋艾美獎中贏得兩項獎項。張弦自2025/26樂季起擔任西雅圖交響樂團音樂總監，她自2008年首度登台以來，便長期與該團維持合作。她同時就任北京中國國家大劇院管弦樂團首席客席指揮。張弦在2009至2016年擔任米蘭交響樂團音樂總監之後，目前續任該團榮譽指揮。

張弦經常以客席指揮身分與洛杉磯愛樂樂團及費城管弦樂團合作。她與費城管弦樂團替Deutsche Grammophon灌錄專輯《Letters for The Future》（與Time for Three合作，2022年發行），此專輯榮獲葛萊美獎®「最佳當代古典作曲」（Kevin Puts的〈Contact〉）及「最佳古典器樂獨奏」兩項大獎。

張弦的2025/26樂季重要演出包括再度與費城管弦樂團、紐約愛樂、聖路易交響樂團同台，以及在渥太華國家藝術中心登台演出。在歐洲區域，她將再度與荷蘭廣播愛樂樂團於阿姆斯特丹皇家音樂廳演出，並將首度登上芬蘭國家歌劇院指揮《托斯卡》。她先前在紐約大都會歌劇院指揮《蝴蝶夫人》（2023/24樂季）與《托斯卡》（2024/25樂季），演出極為成功且皆獲極高讚譽：

「Kurzak能演出成功，在很大程度上要歸功於張弦作為指揮的細膩敏銳。張弦對音色平衡有非凡的耳感，也有能力從樂團中引出最輕柔、最透明的音色。…因具備這樣的能力與顯著的觀眾魅力，張弦將會是大都會歌劇院指揮陣容中極有價值的成員。」 – 《紐約古典樂評》

近期其他重要演出包括與波士頓交響樂團、倫敦交響樂團、聖保羅州立交響樂團、休士頓交響樂團、舊金山交響樂團、華盛頓特區國家交響樂團、蒙特婁交響樂團、巴爾的摩交響樂團、聖路克樂團（包括在卡內基音樂廳演出布拉姆斯的《安魂曲》），以及土魯斯國家歌劇院管弦樂團合作的樂季套票音樂會。

張弦曾擔任墨爾本交響樂團與BBC威爾斯國家管弦樂團與合唱團首席客席指揮，是首位在BBC樂團體系中擔任具名職務的女性指揮。2002年贏得Maazel-Vilar指揮大賽首獎，同年被任命為紐約愛樂樂團的助理指揮，之後升任副指揮，並成為Arturo Toscanini Chair首位持有人。

Music Director – New Jersey Symphony
Music Director – Seattle Symphony
Conductor Emeritus – Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Principal Guest Conductor – China National Centre for Performing Arts Orchestra

2025/26 marks the GRAMMY® and Emmy Award-winning conductor Xian Zhang’s tenth season as Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Under her artistic leadership, NJ Symphony won two awards at the mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards in 2022 for their concert films, including “EMERGE”. As of 2025/26, she also becomes the Music Director of Seattle Symphony with whom she has been a long-term collaborator since her debut in 2008, as well as Principal Guest Conductor of the China NCPA Orchestra in Beijing. Following her tenure as Music Director of Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano between 2009-16, she continues as their Conductor Emeritus.

As a guest conductor, Zhang appears regularly with Los Angeles Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. Her Deutsche Grammophon recording with the latter (Letters for The Future with Time for Three, released 2022) won GRAMMY® awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Kevin Puts’ Contact) and Best Classical Instrumental Solo.

2025/26 highlights include returns to Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, St Louis Symphony, and National Arts Centre Ottawa. In Europe, she returns to Netherlands Radio Philharmonic with a performance at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and makes her debut at Finnish National Opera conducting Tosca. This follows her huge success at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where she recently conducted Madama Butterfly (2023/24) and Tosca (2024/25) to great acclaim:

“The success of Kurzak’s performance was due in no small part to Xian Zhang’s sensitivity as a conductor. Zhang has an exceptional ear for balance, as well as the ability to draw the softest, most transparent tones imaginable from the orchestra. […] With such skills and obvious audience appeal, Zhang should prove a valuable addition to the Met’s conducting staff.” – New York Classical Review

Other recent highlights include subscription programmes with Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Houston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Orchestra of St Luke’s (including Brahms Requiem at Carnegie Hall), and Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

Zhang previously served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, the first female conductor to hold a titled role with a BBC orchestra. In 2002, she won first prize in the Maazel-Vilar Conductor's Competition. She was appointed New York Philharmonic’s Assistant Conductor in 2002, subsequently becoming their Associate Conductor and the first holder of the Arturo Toscanini Chair.

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