Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky
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Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 8 pm Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 3 pm
Xian Zhang, conductor Jonathan Carney, violin
Xian Zhang
Xian Zhang
Benjamin Ealovega
Yi Chen
Alexander Glazunov
INTERMISSION Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Landscape Impression
Violin Concerto in A Minor I. Moderato II. Andante sostenuto III Allegro Jonathan Carney, violin
Suite from The Sleeping Beauty I. Introduction: La Fée des lilas II. Adagio: Pas d ' action IV. Panorama V. Valse
Francesca da Rimini
This performance is approximately 1 hour, 35 minutes and includes a 20-minute intermission.
This Concert is Made Possible by the Major Support of Judy and Scott Phares.
Concertmaster Jonathan Carney is the holder of the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Chair.
2024 – 25 will mark the GRAMMY ® and Emmy Award-winning conductor Xian Zhang’ s ninth season as Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Starting in 2025 – 26, she will become the Music Director of the Seattle Symphony. Following tenure as Music Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano between 2009-16, she continues as their Conductor Emeritus.
The 2024 – 25 season sees Zhang return to the Metropolitan Opera in New York to conduct David McVicar’ s acclaimed production of Puccini’ s Tosca, with Aleksandra Kurzak, Lise Davidsen and Sondra Radvanosky sharing the title role.
Zhang is in high demand as a guest conductor, appearing regularly with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, returning to both in 2024 – 25. Her recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Time for Three, Letters for The Future( released 2022 on Deutsche Grammophon), won multiple GRAMMY awards in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition( Kevin Puts’ Contact) and Best Classical Instrumental Solo categories.
Following a successful collaboration at Tanglewood Festival 2023, Zhang returns to the Boston Symphony Orchestra this season. She remains a favoured guest of the Orchestra of St. Luke’ s and recently stepped in for their Brahms German Requiem concert at Carnegie Hall. Other 2024 – 25 highlights include the Montreal Symphony,
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