"Chen has since established a celebrated conducting career and is in demand internationally across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. But her primary post is with the Chicago Sinfonietta; she has served as the orchestra’s music director since 2011, and her contract was recently extended through ​​the end of the 2028-2029 season."

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Chen has held the position since 2011 and has been renewed through to the end of the 2028/29 season

The Board of the Chicago Sinfonietta has voted unanimously to renew the contract of its Music Director Mei-Ann Chen through to the end of the 2028/29 season — adding another four years to her tenure. The 36-year-old first joined the orchestra in 2011 and has made championing diversity, equity, and inclusion a focus of her time there.