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Elim Chan
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Elim Chan (Chinese: 陳以琳; born 18 November 1986) is a Hong Kong-born conductor. Chan is currently chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Biography Chan was born in Hong Kong. As a youth, she played cello and piano and sang in choirs. Chan attended the Good Hope School (Form One). Chan was a sixth-form student at Li Po Chun United World College in Hong Kong. Chan began studies at Smith College in the US with the initial intent of becoming a medical doctor. Following an initial experience in conducting during her second year of college, she changed her path of study and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music in 2009. Chan moved to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for graduate studies in music. At Michigan, her teachers included Kenneth Kiesler. She was music director of the University of Michigan Campus Symphony Orchestra, and of the Michigan Pops Orchestra (2012-2013). She earned her MM degree in orchestra conducting from Michigan in 2011, and her Doctor of Musical Arts in 2015. In December 2014, at age 28, Chan won the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, the first female conductor to win the competition in its history. As part of winning the competition, she was subsequently named assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, for a one-year contract from 2015–2016. She has also participated in master classes in conducting with Bernard Haitink. In April 2016, NorrlandsOperan announced the appointment of Chan as its next chief cond
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Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets
672Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: VII. Romeo at Juliet's Grave
363Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: II. The Young Juliet
354Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: III. Friar Laurence
315Romeo and Juliet, No. 1, Op. 64bis: V. Masks
286Romeo and Juliet, No. 1, Op. 64bis: VI. Romeo and Juliet
207Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: V. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
188I. Exuberant, playful, bright
189Romeo and Juliet, No. 1, Op. 64bis: VII. Death of Tybalt
1710II. Gently drifting, hazy
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