NJArts.net previews centennial season with Xian Zhang
NJArts.net’s Courtney Smith speaks with Music Director Xian Zhang to preview the New Jersey Symphony’s centennial season.
Zhang recognizes the symphony’s equitable legacy and its evolution under her trust. “It’s because of the philosophy that’s already in the orchestra and in the institution, not only from the musicians but from Daniel (resident artistic catalyst, Daniel Bernard Roumain), from Gabriel (president and CEO Gabriel van Aalst) and from the staff. There’s a core belief that we should strive for this, and it did happen in the past five years. But this philosophy was already here before I became the music director. And it helps me in a way, too, that after I recognized it, we really advanced to it. And with the pandemic, and with the whole national wave politically and societally, we aim towards equality, diversity and inclusion.”
Xian Zhang to NJArts.net