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China DailyConductor Zhang Xian, currently in her seventh season as music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, is one of the world's few prominent female conductors. In 2015, Zhang became the first female principal guest conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and she was appointed as the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's music director in 2016. On Jan 21, she conducted the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra with a concert marking the Year of the Rabbit, performing music pieces by Chinese composers, such as Spring Festival Overture by Li Huanzhi, Violin Concerto No 1 by Zhao Jiping and Er Huang by Chen Qigang. The conductor initiated the first Lunar New Year celebration five years ago, and this festive tradition gets more vibrant with each iteration, according to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
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