sentences:  In January 2008, she became the first woman to conduct the Staatskapelle Dresden in its principal hall.In March 2009, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi announced the appointment of Zhang as its next music director, the first woman to be named music director of an Italian symphony orchestra, effective with the 2009–2010 season.In December 2010, the "Nederlandse Orkest- en Ensemble-Academie" (NJO; Dutch Orchestra and Ensemble Academy) named Zhang its artistic leader, as of the summer of 2011.