# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xian-zhang
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:26:04.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xian-zhang"
name: "Xian Zhang"
slug: "xian-zhang"
description: "Xian Zhang is a Chinese-American conductor. She is currently the music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) and the music director-designate of the Seattle Symphony. Zhang previously served as the music director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, becoming the first woman appointed as music director of a major Italian symphony orchestra. She was also the first female conductor to hold a titled role with a BBC orchestra, serving as principal guest conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales."
tagline: "Chinese-American conductor"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.32153066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5927791/"
    handle:    "nm5927791"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4926399"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_Zhang"
    title: "Xian Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_Zhang"
    title: "Xian Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_Zhang_(conductor)"
    title: "Xian Zhang (conductor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_Zhang"
    title: "Xian Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_Zhang"
    title: "Xian Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xian"
    title: "Zhang Xian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%92'%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "שיאן ג'אנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E5%BC%A6"
    title: "張弦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Чжан Сянь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A0%E5%BC%A6"
    title: "张弦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eccb3765-6673-4463-94b9-012643efff66"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump