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Mei-Ann Chen
ConductorPraised for her
dynamic, passionate conducting style, Taiwanese American conductor Mei-Ann Chen
is acclaimed for infusing orchestras with enthusiasm and high-level
music-making, galvanizing audiences and communities alike. Music Director of
the MacArthur Award-winning Chicago Sinfonietta since 2011, her contract has
been extended through the end of the 2028-2029 season. Chen has been Chief
Conductor of Austria’s Recreation - Grosses Orchester Graz at Styriarte since
fall 2021 following two seasons as the orchestra’s first-ever Principal Guest
Conductor, making her the first female Asian conductor to hold this position
with an Austrian orchestra. She has served as the first-ever Artistic Partner
of Houston’s ROCO since 2019, and since 2022, as an Artistic Partner with
Northwest Sinfonietta (WA). Highly regarded as a compelling communicator and an
innovative leader both on and off the podium, and a sought-after guest
conductor, she recently made her Chicago Symphony Orchestra @ Ravinia Festival
debut and has appeared with distinguished orchestras throughout the Americas,
Europe, Taiwan, The United Kingdom, and Scandinavia, and continues to expand
her relationships with orchestras worldwide (over 150 orchestras to date).
Honors include being named one of the 2015 Top 30 Influencers by Musical
America; the 2012 Helen M. Thompson Award from the League of American
Orchestras; the 2007 Taki Concordia Fellowship founded by Marin Alsop; and 2005
First Prize Winner of the Malko Competition (she remains as the only woman in
the competition history since 1965 to haave won First Prize), and ASCAP awards
for innovative programming.