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Defiant Shostakovich and comforting Fauré from the RSNO at Usher Hall

By Simon Thompson, 04 March 2022

Sheku Kanneh-Mason shows emotional depth in Shostakovich's Second Cello Concerto, while the lightness of the RSNO Junior Chorus creates a heavenward-bound Fauré Requiem.

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Edinburgh

05 Mar 2022

Defiant Shostakovich and comforting Fauré from the RSNO at Usher Hall

By Simon Thompson

Boston

Light in the saddle, Igor Levit rides a warhorse with the Boston Symphony

By Kevin Wells, 21 January 2022

Elim Chan and Igor Levit make successful Boston Symphony debuts performing Brahms' Second Piano Concerto.

*****

*****

Boston

25 Jan 2022

Light in the saddle, Igor Levit rides a warhorse in Boston

By Kevin Wells

Edinburgh

Elim Chan conducts the RSNO in her Edinburgh International Festival debut

By Simon Thompson, 16 August 2021

On an eclectic programme that also featured superstar soloist Sol Gabetta, ear-opening Shaw and suave Saint-Saëns balanced muscular Beethoven.

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Edinburgh

17 Aug 2021

Elim Chan conducts the RSNO in her Edinburgh Festival debut

By Simon Thompson

Antwerp

All-Russian Sunday matinee double bill from Elim Chan and the Antwerp Symphony

By Marc Haegeman, 02 February 2020

Interrupted melody in Vondráček’s Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, but magnificent playing from Chan and the Antwerp Symphony.

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Antwerp

03 Feb 2020

All-Russian Sunday matinee double bill from Elim Chan in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

London

Sol Gabetta shines in Shostakovich with the Philharmonia Orchestra

By David Truslove, 24 October 2019

An Anglo-Russian programme highlighting playing of great finesse from Sol Gabetta and exiting direction from Hong Kong-born Elim Chan.

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London

25 Oct 2019

Sol Gabetta shines in Shostakovich with the Philharmonia Orchestra

By David Truslove

London

Prom 39: Maritime pictures from Chan, Morison and the BBC NOW

By Alexander Hall, 15 August 2019

Painting pictures in music can often be stimulating. In a programme inspired by the sea and by pictorial art, Elim Chan, Catriona Morison and the BBC NOW reveal the underlying colour.

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London

16 Aug 2019

Maritime pictures from Chan, Morison and the BBC NOW

By Alexander Hall

London

Alice Sara Ott and Scheherazade both weave tales with the London Symphony Orchestra

By Mark Pullinger, 09 June 2019

Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is every inch the warhorse asScheherazade, yet with Ott there was never a sense of routine.

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London

10 Jun 2019

Alice Sara Ott and Scheherazade weave tales

By Mark Pullinger

Edinburgh

Valentine's Classics from the RSNO in Edinburgh

By Simon Thompson, 15 February 2019

Romance and drama fill the air as Elim Chan takes to the podium for the RSNO's Valentine's Concert.

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Edinburgh

16 Feb 2019

Valentine's Classics from the RSNO in Edinburgh

By Simon Thompson

Los Angeles

LA Phil celebrates Chinese Year of the Pig with a French-Chinese menu

By Laurence Vittes, 07 February 2019

Elim Chan lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic through a high-powered program of Chinese and French music that began and ended with virtuoso showpieces written less than 30 years apart.

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Los Angeles

14 Feb 2019

LA Phil celebrates Chinese Year of the Pig

By Laurence Vittes

Hong Kong

Pride and joy with Elim Chan and the Hong Kong Phil

By Alan Yu, 01 April 2017

Elim Chan's homecoming in an evening of pride and joy with the Hong Kong Phil.

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Hong Kong

02 Apr 2017

Pride and joy with Elim Chan and the Hong Kong Phil

By Alan Yu