MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Xian Zhang Returns to Seattle Symphony

Xian Zhang, Seattle Symphony music director designate, conducts the Symphony in its “Holst: The Planets” program March 27. (James Holt / Seattle Symphony)

I reviewed Xian Zhang’s first concert with Seattle Symphony since being named music director designate :

With just a few gestures, Xian Zhang began conjuring a cosmos.

Returning to Benaroya Hall for her first full program since being named Seattle Symphony’s incoming music director, Zhang drew the nearly sold-out concert hall Thursday night into her orbit with her focused, magnetic conducting.

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