{"id":54294,"date":"2026-05-22T03:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54294"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:44:37","slug":"hong-kong-born-conductor-elim-chan-becomes-first-woman-to-lead-san-francisco-symphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54294","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan becomes first woman to lead San Francisco Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan has been named music director designate of the San Francisco Symphony, capping months of intense industry speculation over her next permanent posting.<\/p>\n

The orchestra announced on May 21 that Chan will officially begin her tenure in September 2027. She will serve an initial six-year term, becoming the first woman and 13th music director in the institution\u2019s 115-year history.<\/p>\n

The announcement marks a significant milestone for the conductor and places one of Hong Kong\u2019s most famous classical music exports at the helm of a premier cultural institution in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe San Francisco Symphony is one of the truly great orchestras of the world, and I am honoured to take the podium as its next Music Director,\u201d Chan said in the press release. \u201cThe Bay Area has long been the place where the future gets invented. This orchestra carries that same restless, forward-looking energy in everything it does. [\u2026] I also look forward immensely to interacting with the San Francisco Symphony\u2019s audiences and my new community as we begin this exciting journey together\u201d.<\/p>\n

Her \u201cnew community\u201d in San Francisco will include one of the most culturally active and historic Chinese-American communities<\/span> in North America, and the orchestra already has a Hong Kong-born choral director, Jenny Wong.<\/div>\n
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Elim Chan, who has recently conducted the BBC Proms and major orchestras in Chicago, New York and Boston, in front of the San Francisco skyline. Photo: Cody Pickens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

San Francisco Symphony chief executive officer Matthew Spivey praised the appointment, stating, \u201cIn Elim Chan, we have found a musician of unusual gifts and a leader of equal substance \u2013 a rare combination, and the one behind her remarkable international rise\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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