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Elim Chan Becomes First Female Music Director of San Francisco Symphony
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Elim Chan Becomes First Female Music Director of San Francisco Symphony

NY Times · May 21, 2026, 4:48 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

Elim Chan has been named the symphony’s next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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