New Westminster Symphony Orchestra

New Westminster Symphony Orchestra
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Conductor & Musical Director - JIN (JACK) ZHANG
March 14, 2004 Concert
Photo Credit: K. Friesen

 

 

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Conductor & Composer
JACK (JIN) ZHANG

Mr. Jin Zhang, associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre, was born Conductor & Musical Director - JIN (JACK) ZHANGin Beijing, China. He received his first musical education at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Then he traveled to Japan and studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Japan. He studied conducting with Professor Morihiro Okabe. He also studied conducting with maestro Kazuyoshi Akiyama and Seiji Ozawa.

Jin Zhang came to Canada in 1990. Currently Maestro Zhang holds the position of Music Director and Conductor in the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra, and the Vancouver Youth Symphony Intermediate Orchestra. He is also an artistic director of VBCm production. As a composer, he has received many grants from the Canada Council for the Arts. Many of his compositions and arrangements have been played by professional and community groups including the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

In 2004, Jin Zhang was honoured by the City of New Westminster for ten years of distinguished service to the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra and the City. In 2006, Jin was selected by the Canadian Music Centre to be part of their new online initiative entitled "Composer Portraits - Influences of Many Musics". This project will focus on Canadian composers who have come to Canada from other countries, highlighting their valuable contribution to Canadian music. Recently, his composition album CD "Tracing" was nominated to the Western Canada Music Award. Currently he is working under the aegis of the Pangaea Arts Society for a project which received a grant from major Olympic arts funding.

 

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