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At 97, China’s first female conductor still performs in public, wowing audiences
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 1 Nov 2026, 10:00 UTC. The headline in use is “At 97, China’s first female conductor still performs in public, wowing audiences”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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China’s first female conductor, Zheng Xiaoying, is 97 years old, but she continues to give outstanding performances to audiences. In August, the nonagenarian conducted the Chinese-language version of the opera Carmen in Xiamen, in southeastern China’s Fujian province, where she lives.
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At 97, China’s first female conductor still performs in public, wowing audiences
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