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Across the Puget Sound region, classical ensembles are marking the year’s end with programs that span the joyful and the contemplative — from carols and Baroque favorites to contemporary choral works ...

Xian Zhang, center, on April 4 during a pre-concert performance at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. (Carlin Ma/Seattle Symphony Orchestra) Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music director of the Seattle ...

Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music director of the Seattle Symphony, becoming the first woman conductor to head a major West Coast orchestra and filling a post that had been vacant since Thomas ...