Elim Chan

Elim Chan is exactly the kind of artist I love to follow. A Hong Kong-born conductor who studied at the University of Michigan and rose to become music director-designate of the San Francisco Symphony, she's broken into a field that has been stubbornly slow to make room for women, let alone women from Asia. Conducting is leadership made audible, and earning the trust of a major American orchestra takes both fierce talent and steel. I admire that she's reshaping who gets to stand on the podium. Her trajectory feels like a genuine signal of where classical music is finally heading.

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Name (English)

Elim Chan

Name (Japanese)

エリム・チャン

Reading

えりむ・ちゃん

Born

November 18, 1986 (age 39)

Origin

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Occupation

conductor / woman conductor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

University

University of Michigan

• Official sitehttps://www.elimchan.nl/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/itselimchan/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elim%20Chan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25936092

Tags

• conductor
• woman conductor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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