Her father, a chef de rang in a restaurant near the Salle Pleyel, was passionate about classical music and influenced his daughters to develop an interest.

[4] Zahia Ziouani studied conducting with Maestro Sergiu Celibidache at the Schola Cantorum de Paris.

[5] In 1998, she founded the Divertimento Symphony Orchestra, which she directs, bringing together 70 musicians and instrument teachers from Île-de-France, and of which she is the musical director.

In 2007, she was appointed first guest conductor of the National Orchestra of Algeria as part of the event "Algiers, capital of Arab culture".

[8] At the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on August 11, she conducted the symphony orchestra at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.