Orchestra Leader, Musician: Zhengshan Zhang

Zhengshan Zhang, the leader of the Chinese and Western Orchestra of the Boston Chinese Musicians Association and one of its founding members, also serving as an executive director. With over a decade of experience in professional art troupes and theaters, he is a full-time professional musician. He won the Excellence Award in a professional instrumental competition hosted by Guangdong TV. With decades dedicated to music, he studied under Professor Huang Jincheng at Xinghai Conservatory of Music, specializing in xiao and dizi, and also received training in instrumental arrangement from composers such as Xie Pan and Tang Kaixuan. He possesses comprehensive musical skills and is proficient in various Chinese wind instruments, and string instruments. After moving to the U.S., he founded the Silk and Bamboo Music School and a Chinese chamber orchestra, contributing to the promotion of Chinese culture and the cultivation of artistic talent. He was invited to perform at a 16-nation wind instrument concert hosted by the Boston Center for the Arts, receiving high praise. In 2013 and 2014, his students won first prizes in the Chinese and Western Instrumental Competition hosted by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Princeton International Instrumental Competition, earning him the "Best Teacher" award. Since the founding of the Boston Chinese Musicians Association, he has played a key artistic role in repertoire selection, adaptation, orchestration, directing, training, and organizing rehearsals. He has also served as the chief music planner for major concerts, including Resplendent National Style, The Dream of the Red Chamber Suite, The Third Sister Liu Suite, and Ashima Suite.