Elim Chan has been named the symphonyβs next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen.
βWhen it happened, I was like, βOh my God β itβs time,ββ the conductor Elim Chan said of her appointment in San Francisco. βIt is groundbreaking. Itβs another ceiling broken.β