TRAINING
• 2007- : University of the Arts (Berlin) with Klaus
Hellwig
• 2003-2007: Studies with Ralph Markham and Kenneth
BroadwayPRIZES AND AWARDS
• 2010: International Competition for piano and
orchestra “Citta di Cantu,” 2nd Prize
• 2008: Missouri Southern International Piano
Competition, 1st Prize in the junior and senior sections |
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Born July 19, 1987 |
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Avan Yu was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver.
Last season, he made his debuts in Austria, England,
Slovakia, Italy, and Holland, as well as recital debuts
at the Chopin Festivals in Montreal and Toronto and the
prestigious Rheingau and Bad Kissingen Music Festivals
in Germany. In the fall of 2009, he performed as soloist
with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa under
the baton of Pinchas Zukerman, followed by a
duo-performance with Yo-Yo Ma. He toured with Jeunesses
Musicales of Canada in 2007-2008.
QUARTER FINALS
CLAUDE DEBUSSY * Étude « Pour les arpèges composés »
(Book II, No. 11)
FRANZ LISZT * Transcendental Etude No. 8 “Wilde
Jagd”
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN * 32 Variations in C minor on an
Original Theme, WoO 80
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN * Nocturne in E major, opus 62, no 2
FRANZ LISZT * « Après une lecture de Dante, Fantasia
quasi sonata, » from Années de pèlerinage,
Deuxième Année : Italie, S 161
DAVID L. McINTYRE * A Wild Innocence
SEMI-FINALS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH * Italian Concerto in F
major, BWV 971
CLAUDE DEBUSSY * 3 Études: « Pour les cinq doigts »
(Book I, No. 1) ; « Pour les octaves » (Book I, No. 5) ;
« Pour les huit doigts » (Book I, No. 6)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN * Sonate no 3 in B minor, opus 58
FINALS
SERGUEÏ RACHMANINOV * Rhapsody on a Theme of
Paganini, opus 43 |
