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Elim Chan Becomes the First Female Winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, Will Conduct for London Symphony Orchestra
The first female winner of the 2014 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition was announced Monday, Dec 8, and Elim Chan has taken home the prestigious prize and made competition history.Chan, 28, was born in Hong Kong to British parents and currently studies at the University of Michigan. She is the first female winner of the competition in its 24-year history. She took home the gold after the Dec. 8 finals, where she conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a program of Beethoven’s "Overture Egmont," Stravinsky’s "Symphony in Three Movements" and Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade." Her fellow finalists were Jiří Rožeň, from the Czech Republic, and Mihhail Gerts, from Estonia, whom were all selected from a shortlist of 20 conductors over the course of the competition.Before competing for the Donatella Flick prize, Chan was the music director of the Michigan Pops and University of Michigan Campus Philharmonia orchestras. She studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler at Michigan University and has worked with renowned conductors Gustav Meier, Colin Metters and Marin Alsop in the past. Ariana Grande Sings Broadway Number 'Brand New You' from Her Debut on '13' [WATCH]
While she may have the pipes, Ariana Grande hasn't been everyone's best friend lately. Having been accused of some serious diva behavior, she hasn't been impressing many people as of late. But maybe a throwback to the 2000s, where Grande sang in a Broadway musical entitled 13, will change popular opinion.
