Education
Avan Yu started learning piano at the age of five in Hong Kong. He studied privately with Kut Kau Sum, Kenneth Broadway and Ralph Markham in Vancouver, Canada. In 2007, Yu moved to Berlin, Germany, to study with Klaus Hellwig at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Career
After immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1997 with his family, he began participating in local and national competitions. At the age of fourteen, he made his debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, performing Sergei Rachmaninoff"s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Yu has performed as soloist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman.
He has also appeared with conductors such as Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos, Christian Arming, Juanjo Mena, and Bramwell Tovey.
Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia.