Music in Words with Elim Chan

HK Phil × HKU MUSE 港樂 × 港大繆思樂季

(In English 英語主講)

It feels like just yesterday when, in 2014, the city awoke to the news that Elim Chan had won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, making her the first from Hong Kong to achieve this honour. Since then, Elim has captivated audiences worldwide with her interpretations of both classical and contemporary repertoires, leading prestigious orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Her opening concerts for the BBC Proms, Hollywood Bowl, and the Salzburg Festival were amongst some of the most widely heralded. The Sunday Times praises her as “a rare example of a young conductor at once brilliant and not in the least showing off.”

Next month, Elim returns to conduct the HK Phil, and will join Prof. Daniel Chua in a ‘Music in Words’ dialogue. Off the podium, she will share her journey, plans, and insights for Hong Kong’s aspiring musicians.

陳以琳是同代最炙手可熱的指揮家之一。2014年，陳以琳奪得娜泰拉·弗里克國際指揮大賽冠軍﹐成為大賽史上首位奪魁的香港指揮，當年廣泛的媒體報導依然令人記憶猶新。近年她穿梭世界各地，於著名音樂廳亮相，獲邀指揮波士頓交響樂團﹑香港管弦樂團、倫敦交響樂團﹑蘇格蘭皇家國家樂團等頂尖樂團﹐又先後為BBC逍遙音樂節、洛杉磯愛樂荷里活露天劇場樂季，以及薩爾斯堡音樂節等，指揮開幕音樂會。《星期日泰晤士報》盛讚她為「一位難得的年輕指揮家，才華洋溢而且絕不流於炫技」。陳以琳今次回港與港樂再度合作，並將在港大繆思樂季「樂語融融」座談中，與音樂系主任蔡寬量教授暢談她求學及指揮生涯中的難忘點滴﹐勉勵新生代追尋音樂夢。

Speaker: Elim Chan
Moderator: Prof. Daniel Chua, Chairperson, Department of Music, HKU

FREE via online registration

• For ages 10+

• Patrons under the age of 10 will not be admitted.
• The talk is approximately 1 hour without intermission.
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• Programmes and artists are subject to change.
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