Now living in Amsterdam, Chan still feels connected to her home city of Hong Kong, which came under Chinese rule shortly after she turned 10
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Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan became the first woman to win the major Donatella Flick Conducting Competition
Chan's career has been tied to a wider discourse about women breaking into a male-dominated field
Chan says she wants to build platforms to reach people outside the auditorium
Chan's rise reflects how the classical music world is being gradually reshaped by a new generation of conductors
Since her first brush with fame a decade ago, Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan has fought a "long-term battle" against tired assumptions abo…