New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

A Barrier-Breaking Conductor Will Lead the Seattle Symphony

Xian Zhang will be the first woman and person of color to lead the Seattle Symphony, and one of only two women leading a top-tier American orchestra.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Coming Soon to Jersey City: A Gleaming Home for the Symphony

The New Jersey Symphony, which long lacked a permanent space, will move into a 550-seat theater that it hopes to make a hub for concerts and classes.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Zdenek Macal, Conductor With an International Reach, Dies at 87

Shuttling between Europe and the United States, he conducted the world’s great orchestras. He was music director of the New Jersey Symphony for 11 years.

By Adam Nossiter

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Turning 100, the New Jersey Symphony Sticks to Home

The orchestra could have rented Carnegie Hall for the celebration, but “our supporters are here, our audiences are here,” its chief executive said.

By Zachary Woolfe