State of the Arts
Maestro Xian Zhang
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Chinese-American Xian Zhang becomes the NJ Symphony Orchestra's first woman music director
State of the Arts meets rising Chinese-American conducting star Xian Zhang as she becomes the first woman to to lead the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra as Music Director. We find out how her parents taught her classical music even when it was forbidden during the Cultural Revolution.
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State of the Arts
Maestro Xian Zhang
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State of the Arts meets rising Chinese-American conducting star Xian Zhang as she becomes the first woman to to lead the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra as Music Director. We find out how her parents taught her classical music even when it was forbidden during the Cultural Revolution.
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