Connecting,China,and,the,U.K.Through,Classical,Music

时间：2023-02-03 10:10:07 来源：千叶帆本文已影响人

　　THE National Center for the Performing Arts located on Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue was ablaze with lights， and completely full of welldressed British gentlemen， grey-haired senior citizens， and music-obsessed young people and children on December 13， 2018. When musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales （BBC NOW） entered the auditorium and sat down， the principal guest conductor Zhang Xian， dressed in black， took a few brisk steps onto the stage and bowed to the audience. As she turned around， and made a simple gesture to the orchestra， everyone present held their breaths with deep anticipation. The concert hall became so quiet that you could hear the sound of a needle drop.
　　A Prestigious Asian Conductor
　　Born in Dandong of Liaoning Province in northeast China， Zhang is not that tall， standing on the podium. When the music started， her body language varied from light and dexterous to majestic and powerful moves. Being adept at all musical instruments and familiar with every performer， Zhang conducted the whole orchestra at ease as if commanding thousands of troops and battle horses with her hands. Those classic melodies created by great Russian composers including Mikhail Glinka， Pyotr Tchaikovsky， and Dmitri Shostakovich reverberated through the concert hall.
　　Female conductors are seldom seen on the stage.Once the BBC Music Magazine selected 11 female conductors from around the world， and Zhang was the only Asian face among them. Zhang currently holds the positions of music director with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the BBC NOW. Eolled at the middle school affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music （CCOM） when she was 11 years old， Zhang was successfully admitted by the CCOM six years later， and was taught by famous female conductors Wu Lingfen and Zheng Xiaoying. She then moved to the United States in 1998 and earned her doctorate in conducting from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati College. She stayed overseas after graduation and studied under a prominent international conductor， Lorin Maazel.
　　All these dazzling titles and invaluable experience were the results of Zhang’s persistent efforts. “The biggest challenge for a conductor is the repeated study on the full music score and the thorough familiarity with every sheet of music. It is a huge project，”Zhang told China Today. “Half-an-hour performance on the stage means at least more than 20 hours of laborious desk work off the stage.”

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