Elim Chan on paring down, saying no and preparing for the First Night of the Proms

Florence Lockheart
Friday, July 12, 2024

As she prepares to return to the BBC Proms for her First Night debut, conductor Elim Chan sits down with Florence Lockheart to talk about the responsibility she feels as a trailblazer, her work with her late mentor, Bernard Haitink, and how her ‘less is more’ approach to conducting has become her approach to life

'I think we are in a generation where we cannot be afraid to ask, and actually it's the time now for women, for people who had not had those chances before, to do so' © Simon Pauly
'I think we are in a generation where we cannot be afraid to ask, and actually it's the time now for women, for people who had not had those chances before, to do so' © Simon Pauly

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