Avan Yu
- January 9, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Avan Yu Biography
Name | Avan Yu |
Birthday | Jul 19 |
Birth Year | 1987 |
Place Of Birth | Hong Kong |
Birth Country | Hong Kong |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Avan Yu is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on July 19, 1987 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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, British Columbia, Canada. In 2007, Yu moved to Berlin, Germany, to study with Klaus Hellwig at the Berlin University of the Arts. After graduating in Berlin, he relocated to New York to pursue a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of the great American/Cuban pianist Horacio Gutierrez.
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.
Avan Yu Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Pianist |
House | Living in own house. |
Avan Yu is one of the richest Pianist from Hong Kong. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Avan Yu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
After immigrating to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1997 with his family, he began participating in local and national competitions. He won his first national piano competition, at the age of thirteen, at the Canadian Music Competition. At the age of fourteen, he made his debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. He made front-page news of the Vancouver Sun that same year, when he won the Junior Division of the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition. Six year later, he won the Senior Division of the same competition, and became the only person in the history of that competition to ever do so.
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Facts & Trivia
Banjai Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Hong Kong. Avan Yu celebrates birthday on July 19 of every year.