Missouri Classical Music News and Notes

Avan Yu, a 20-year-old from Canada, on Friday night was named the first-place winner of the senior division in the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition.

Tian Lu, 22, of China, took second place in the senior division, and Peggy Pei-zhang Sung, 22, of Hong Kong, won third place.

Honorable mentions went to Lishan Xue, 22, China, and Fang Zhang, 29, also of China.

The winner of the junior division was Behzod Abduraimov, 17, of Uzbekistan.

Second prize went to Anna Han, 12, of the United States, and Yale Work, 17, of the United States, took third.

Honorable mention awards were given to Daniel Hsu, 10, of the United States, and Jung-Eun Kim, 14, of Korea.