http://tinyurl.com/cjy3wz

[Xian Zhang will conduct the LA Phil with Yefim Bronfman as soloist on
May 8, 9 and 10 - http://www.laphil.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3730]

   Italy appoints its first female principal conductor

   Milan's Orchestra Sinfonica 'Giuseppe Verdi' has chosen the
   35-year-old Chinese Xian Zhang as its musical director.
   The conductor, a mother with a two-month-old baby, is the
   first woman to hold such a post in Italy.  She steps into
   the gap left by Riccardo Chailly following his resignation
   in the spring of 2005.  ...

Janos Gereben
www.sfcv.org
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