conductor
Elim Chan
Hong Kong born Elim Chan studied in the United States at Smith College and at the University of Michigan. In 2013, she took part in the Bruno Walter Conducting Scholarship and, in 2015, she took masterclasses with Bernard Haitink.
In 2014, Elim Chan became the first female winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition; thanks to her victory, she was appointed assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for the 2015-16 season. The following season, she was part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Dudamel Fellowship Program.
Since the 2019/2020 season, Elim Chan has been the chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, a position she will hold until the 2023/2024 season. Additionally, from 2018 to 2023, she was principal guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and in the 2022-23 season she was artist in residence at the Wiener Musikverein alongside pianist Igor Levit and violinist Isabelle Faust.
Elim Chan is in demand as a guest conductor, recent debuts including the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Staatskapelle Berlin and Staatskapelle Dresden. She also conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic as well as the symphony orchestras of Houston, Berkeley, Detroit and Chicago.
Her Concertgebouw Orchestra debut was on 26 April 2018, when she conducted a King’s Night Concert. In September 2019 Elim Chan conducted both the orchestra’s Opening Night and a Children’s concert featuring Prokofiev’s ballet music Cinderella.
Hong Kong born Elim Chan studied in the United States at Smith College and at the University of Michigan. In 2013, she took part in the Bruno Walter Conducting Scholarship and, in 2015, she took masterclasses with Bernard Haitink.
In 2014, Elim Chan became the first female winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition; thanks to her victory, she was appointed assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for the 2015-16 season. The following season, she was part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Dudamel Fellowship Program.
Since the 2019/2020 season, Elim Chan has been the chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, a position she will hold until the 2023/2024 season. Additionally, from 2018 to 2023, she was principal guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and in the 2022-23 season she was artist in residence at the Wiener Musikverein alongside pianist Igor Levit and violinist Isabelle Faust.
Elim Chan is in demand as a guest conductor, recent debuts including the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Staatskapelle Berlin and Staatskapelle Dresden. She also conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic as well as the symphony orchestras of Houston, Berkeley, Detroit and Chicago.
Her Concertgebouw Orchestra debut was on 26 April 2018, when she conducted a King’s Night Concert. In September 2019 Elim Chan conducted both the orchestra’s Opening Night and a Children’s concert featuring Prokofiev’s ballet music Cinderella.
Hong Kong born Elim Chan studied in the United States at Smith College and at the University of Michigan. In 2013, she took part in the Bruno Walter Conducting Scholarship and, in 2015, she took masterclasses with Bernard Haitink.
In 2014, Elim Chan became the first female winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition; thanks to her victory, she was appointed assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for the 2015-16 season. The following season, she was part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Dudamel Fellowship Program.
Since the 2019/2020 season, Elim Chan has been the chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, a position she will hold until the 2023/2024 season. Additionally, from 2018 to 2023, she was principal guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and in the 2022-23 season she was artist in residence at the Wiener Musikverein alongside pianist Igor Levit and violinist Isabelle Faust.
Elim Chan is in demand as a guest conductor, recent debuts including the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Staatskapelle Berlin and Staatskapelle Dresden. She also conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic as well as the symphony orchestras of Houston, Berkeley, Detroit and Chicago.
Her Concertgebouw Orchestra debut was on 26 April 2018, when she conducted a King’s Night Concert. In September 2019 Elim Chan conducted both the orchestra’s Opening Night and a Children’s concert featuring Prokofiev’s ballet music Cinderella.