{"id":1396,"date":"2025-08-28T06:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T06:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:56:33","slug":"post-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=1396","title":{"rendered":"A Musical Evening of Poetry and Virtuosity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><strong>Hong Kong Chamber Music Society<\/strong><br><strong><em>proudly presents<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><br>A Musical Evening of Poetry and Virtuosity<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Recital by pianist Avan Yu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Date and time:<\/u><\/strong><br>Sunday 5 November, 2023<br>(Concert at 7:15pm \/ Dinner at&nbsp;8:30pm)<br>&nbsp;<br><strong><u>Location:<\/u><\/strong><br>Central<br><br><strong><u>Admission<\/u><\/strong>:&nbsp;<br>$340 (concert only);&nbsp;$656 (concert &amp; dinner)<br>&nbsp;<br><strong><u>Programme<\/u><\/strong>:<br>Ravel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sonatine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Une barque sur l&#8217;Oc\u00e9an<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alborada del Gracioso<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaspard de la nuit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Intermission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chopin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat major, Op. 47<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>About the musicians:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Avan Yu (piano)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Canada\u2019s most compelling young pianists, critics have praised Avan Yu for his \u201cglittering virtuosity\u201d (West Australian) and his \u201castonishing sensitivity\u201d (La Presse). He has performed extensively throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia and at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Philharmonie in Berlin, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Sydney Opera House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a sought-after guest soloist with orchestras around the world, he has performed over twenty-five different piano concertos with orchestras such as the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Sydney Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and Dresden Philharmonic, collaborating with conductors and musicians such as Jaap van Zweden, Pinchas Zukerman, Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos, Bramwell Tovey, Christian Arming, Juanjo Mena, Yo-Yo Ma, and Johannes Moser. Recently, Yu performed in his native city Hong Kong as the featured soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden in the Season Opening concerts in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yu first achieved international recognition when he triumphed at the Sydney International Piano Competition, winning First Prize along with nine special awards. At age 17, he was the youngest competitor ever to win the Canadian Chopin Competition. He has also won the Silver Medal and Audience Prize at the Santander International Piano Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His teachers include Horacio Guti\u00e9rrez, Klaus Hellwig, Kenneth Broadway, Ralph Markham, and Kut Kau Sum. He graduated from the Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste Berlin with a Konzertexamen degree and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. His doctoral thesis is on Hans Abrahamsen&#8217;s Left, alone for piano left hand and orchestra, a work of which he gave the Canadian premiere with the Esprit Orchestra and Alex Pauk in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His recording of Liszt&#8217;s piano transcriptions of Schubert&#8217;s Winterreise and Schwanengesang, released by Naxos, won glowing reviews from critics at Gramophone Magazine, American Record Guide, and Fono Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avan Yu currently resides in Berlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong Chamber Music Societyproudly presentsA Musical Evening of Poetry and VirtuosityRecital by pianist Avan Yu Date and time:Sunday 5 November, 2023(Concert at 7:15pm \/ Dinner at&nbsp;8:30pm)&nbsp;Location:Central Admission:&nbsp;$340 (concert only);&nbsp;$656 (concert &amp; dinner)&nbsp;Programme:Ravel: Intermission Chopin: About the musicians: Avan Yu (piano) One of Canada\u2019s most compelling young pianists, critics have praised Avan Yu for his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57,119],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-programmes","category-2023-24","category-past-programmes","tag-05-11-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1399,"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions\/1399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}