Avan Yu
Avan Yu was born in Hong Kong, China on July 19th, 1987 and is the Pianist. At the age of 36, Avan Yu biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Yu has performed as soloist with Canadian orchestras such as National Arts Centre Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Regina Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Kingston Symphony Orchestra and Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Internationally, he has performed with Dresden Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, among others. Musicians and conductors with whom Yu has collaborated include Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos, Johannes Moser, Christian Arming, Juanjo Mena, and Bramwell Tovey.
With his hometown orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, he has appeared as soloist over twenty times, including touring with the orchestra in their first Canadian tour in over thirty years in 2008.
In 2008 he won the second prize at the XVI Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Spain. Later on, in 2012, Avan Yu won the 12th Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, where he also received nine other special awards: Best Performance of a Beethoven Sonata, Best Performance of a Romantic Concerto, Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto, Best Performance of a Chamber Work, Best Performance of a Romantic Work, Best Performance of a work by Ravel and Best Performance of a sonata by Haydn.