Elim Chan

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Elim Chan (2019)

Elim Chan (Chinese: 陳 以 琳; born November 18, 1986 in Hong Kong ) is a conductor. Chan has been Chief Conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra since the 2019-2020 concert season and Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra since the 2018-2019 season .

education

Elim Chan once sang in the children's choir in Hong Kong and began playing the piano at the age of 6 . She graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in music. She then studied at the University of Michigan , where she was director of the University of Michigan Campus Symphony Orchestra and the Michigan Pops Orchestra. She then achieved her master's degree as well as her doctorate in orchestral conducting and completed her studies as a conductor in 2014. During 2013 Chan received the Bruno Walter Conducting Scholarship and in 2015 she attended master classes with Bernard Haitink in Lucerne .

Musical career

Elim Chan was the first female winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in 2014. Thanks to this achievement, she was associated with the London Symphony Orchestra as assistant conductor during the 2015-2016 concert season . In the 2016–2017 season she was involved in the Dudamel Fellowship program of the Los Angeles Philharmonic .

In the years 2018-2019 Chan became a permanent guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and thus successor to Thomas Søndergård .

Since the 2019-2020 season, Chan has been chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, which is based in the Koningin Elisabethzaal in Antwerp . Chan, who thus followed in the footsteps of chief conductors like Edo de Waart and Jaap van Zweden , is the youngest person in the orchestra's history to hold this position.

In addition, Chan was guest conductor with the orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater in Saint-Petersburg , the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra , the London Symphony Orchestra , the Amsterdam-based Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest , the Orchester Philharmonique de Luxembourg , the Philharmonia Orchestra , the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt , the Orchester National de Lyon, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra , the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West .

Furthermore, in 2012 she conducted the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa and the Orchester de la Francophonie as part of the NAC Summer Music Institute, where she worked with Pinchas Zukerman . She participated in the Musical Olympus Festival in Saint-Petersburg as well as in workshops of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (with Marin Alsop , Gerard Schwarz and Gustav Meier ).

Private

Elim Chan is engaged to the Dutch drummer Dominique Vleeshouwers, who was awarded the Dutch Music Prize in 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VRT NWS: Elim Chan start at Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, waarom zijn vrouwelijke conductors nog geen vertrouwd beeld? October 4, 2019, accessed July 17, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ^ Elim Chan appointed as RSNO principal guest conductor. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ 'Eigenlijk wilde ik bij de FBI werken'. June 8, 2018, accessed July 17, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Elim Chan: About Elim. Retrieved July 17, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Tom Eelen: A psychologist as chief conductor. March 14, 2019, accessed July 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Meet the Maestro: Elim Chan. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Thea Derks: Conductor Elim Chan: 'Ik kan niet weglopen van de muziek.' In: Cultuurpers. January 13, 2020, accessed July 17, 2020 (Dutch).
  8. ↑ Elim Chan: About Elim. Retrieved July 17, 2020 (American English).
  9. ↑ a b Antwerp Symphony Orchestra appoints Elim Chan aan as chief conductor. May 17, 2018, accessed July 17, 2020 (Dutch).
  10. ↑ Press Release: RSNO | RSNO Principal Guest Conductor appointment. Retrieved July 17, 2020 (UK English).
  11. ↑ VRT NWS: Elim Chan start at Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, waarom zijn vrouwelijke conductors nog geen vertrouwd beeld? October 4, 2019, accessed July 17, 2020 (Dutch).
  12. ↑ Afzeggingen plague the Opening Night of the Concertgebouworkest. Retrieved July 17, 2020 (Dutch).
  13. ^ Elim Chan debuts with The Mariinsky Orchestra. February 12, 2016, accessed on July 17, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Conductor Elim Chan thrilled to be making hometown debut with HK Phil. December 23, 2015, accessed on July 17, 2020 .
  15. ^ A b Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Elim Chan. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Frits van der Waa: Slagwerker Dominique Vleeshouwers is a virtuoso, bewees hij in Utrecht ★★★★ ☆. January 19, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 (nl-NL).
  18. ↑ ANP: Slagwerker ontvangt Nederlandse Muziekprijs. January 18, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 (nl-NL).
personal data
SURNAME Chan, Elim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 陳 以 琳 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION hong kong chinese conductor
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong