Avan Yu has captured the Silver Medal and the Audience Prize at the 16th Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Spain.

Launched in 1974, the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition takes place every three years and has become one of the most important piano competitions in the world today.

In a span of less than two weeks, the contestants had to play five different concerts, including two concertos with orchestras as well as a chamber concert with the Casals Quartet. In the final round, Avan Yu performed the Concerto in D minor Op.15 by Brahms with the conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra.