coming next Beethoven Piano Concerto no.2
Mei Yi returns to Kuala Lumpur to play with the wonderful Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Join her and conductor Christian Arming at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas on the 5th and 6th of May.
Yellow Lounge December 2011
Join Mei Yi at the Old Vic Tunnels in London's Yellow Lounge on the 2nd of December, where she will perform Dai Fujikura's Frozen Heat. Artists line-up include Janine Jansen, Alice Sara Ott and DJ Francesco Tristano. (for more info, please visit yellowlounge.co.uk)
European Tour October 2011
Following the success of Concerto Extravaganza at St John's Smith Square in 2010, Mei Yi embarked on a European tour with trumpeter Philipp Hutter and the Russian Virtuosi, performing in London (LSO St Luke's), Paris (Salle Gaveau) and Zurich (predigerkirche).
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Opening Gala 2011/12
Celebrating the arrival of its fourteenth season, the MPO held its opening Gala Concert for 11/12 Season on the 17th of September. Mei Yi collaborated with Malaysian pianists Bobby Chen and Tengku Ahmad Irfan, performing Mozart Concerto for 3 pianos.
USA Tour May 2011
Mei Yi was invited by Dietlinde and Lorin Maazel under the auspices of the Keyboard Trust to perform at Castletown, Virginia, followed by recitals in Delaware and New York.
Mitsuko Uchida in Aldeburgh, April '11
Mei Yi and Shlomy Dobrinsky worked with Mitsuko Uchida for a week of chamber music at Aldeburgh's Britten-Pears Programme.
Yang di-Pertuan Besar's Birthday Honours List
In January 2011, Mei Yi was awarded the medal of Setiawan Tuanku Muhriz by DYMM Tuanku Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Malaysia, for her contribution towards art and music in her home country.
Artist of the Year
Following the success of her recital at Guatemala's Bravissimo Festival, Mei Yi was awarded Artista Bravissimo 2010 by the Organizacion para las Artes.
Artist-in-Residence with the MPO
Mei Yi started her concert season 2010/11 as artist-in-residence at the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, collaborating and directing the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for a nationwide tour of concerto and chamber music concerts.
Mei Yi returns to Kuala Lumpur to play with the wonderful Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Join her and conductor Christian Arming at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas on the 5th and 6th of May.
Yellow Lounge December 2011
Join Mei Yi at the Old Vic Tunnels in London's Yellow Lounge on the 2nd of December, where she will perform Dai Fujikura's Frozen Heat. Artists line-up include Janine Jansen, Alice Sara Ott and DJ Francesco Tristano. (for more info, please visit yellowlounge.co.uk)
European Tour October 2011
Following the success of Concerto Extravaganza at St John's Smith Square in 2010, Mei Yi embarked on a European tour with trumpeter Philipp Hutter and the Russian Virtuosi, performing in London (LSO St Luke's), Paris (Salle Gaveau) and Zurich (predigerkirche).
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Opening Gala 2011/12
Celebrating the arrival of its fourteenth season, the MPO held its opening Gala Concert for 11/12 Season on the 17th of September. Mei Yi collaborated with Malaysian pianists Bobby Chen and Tengku Ahmad Irfan, performing Mozart Concerto for 3 pianos.
USA Tour May 2011
Mei Yi was invited by Dietlinde and Lorin Maazel under the auspices of the Keyboard Trust to perform at Castletown, Virginia, followed by recitals in Delaware and New York.
Mitsuko Uchida in Aldeburgh, April '11
Mei Yi and Shlomy Dobrinsky worked with Mitsuko Uchida for a week of chamber music at Aldeburgh's Britten-Pears Programme.
Yang di-Pertuan Besar's Birthday Honours List
In January 2011, Mei Yi was awarded the medal of Setiawan Tuanku Muhriz by DYMM Tuanku Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Malaysia, for her contribution towards art and music in her home country.
Artist of the Year
Following the success of her recital at Guatemala's Bravissimo Festival, Mei Yi was awarded Artista Bravissimo 2010 by the Organizacion para las Artes.
Artist-in-Residence with the MPO
Mei Yi started her concert season 2010/11 as artist-in-residence at the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, collaborating and directing the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for a nationwide tour of concerto and chamber music concerts.
Mänttä Festival 2011 Finland
The young Malaysian Mei Yi Foo and our own master pianist, Antti Siirala, managed all the difficulties (of the arrangement of the Faust Symphony) with ease. The collaboration in their duo playing was on an almost telepathic scale, making the piano version a fully equal alternative to the original version.
Mats Liljeroos,
Hufvudsstadsbladet, July 2, 2011
The young Malaysian Mei Yi Foo and our own master pianist, Antti Siirala, managed all the difficulties (of the arrangement of the Faust Symphony) with ease. The collaboration in their duo playing was on an almost telepathic scale, making the piano version a fully equal alternative to the original version.
Mats Liljeroos,
Hufvudsstadsbladet, July 2, 2011
Concerto Extravaganza at
St John's
Mei Yi Foo receives plaudits everywhere she performs. A great musical thinker, she stimulates audiences at a moment's notice with her fresh, unique and brilliant interpretations. Her finest qualities quote 'her unusual interior strength' coupled with a personal approach that enlarges her ever-growing mastery of repertoire at her fingertips.
Shostakovich's brilliantly satirical Concerto 1 is a Masterwork. As Zhislin totally agrees, it is dedicated by the composer's love for the cinema, and by the several film scores he wrote early on at the time... Imagine the scenario: Mei Yi with trumpeter Philipp [Hutter] alongside, igniting the whole caboosh into a state of conflagration. A great performance last September 26 at St John's, Smith Square - all stops pulled out!!
Bill Newman, Musical Opinion, July-August 2011
St John's
Mei Yi Foo receives plaudits everywhere she performs. A great musical thinker, she stimulates audiences at a moment's notice with her fresh, unique and brilliant interpretations. Her finest qualities quote 'her unusual interior strength' coupled with a personal approach that enlarges her ever-growing mastery of repertoire at her fingertips.
Shostakovich's brilliantly satirical Concerto 1 is a Masterwork. As Zhislin totally agrees, it is dedicated by the composer's love for the cinema, and by the several film scores he wrote early on at the time... Imagine the scenario: Mei Yi with trumpeter Philipp [Hutter] alongside, igniting the whole caboosh into a state of conflagration. A great performance last September 26 at St John's, Smith Square - all stops pulled out!!
Bill Newman, Musical Opinion, July-August 2011
Prize-winning Malaysian pianist Foo Mei Yi, still in her 20s and the youngest member in the series, accounted for three major sonatas, one from each of the composer's three stylistic periods.
The late E major Sonata )op.109) was curiously justaposed with the early A flat major Funeral March Sonata (op.26). It worked particularly well because the succesive movements separating both sonatas were sets of variations.
The sublime visionary Beethoven followed by the rustic and earthy Beethoven made for a seamless listen, helped by the fact that Foo's technical mastery was close to flawless.
She judged each work with the maturity of one double her age eschewed the temptation to rush headlong into virtuoso mode and let rip. The only exception was in the middle-period E flat major Les Adieux Sonata (op.81a), where her visceral approach to the sorrow of absence and unfettered elation of reunion was totally justified. Her jois de vivre was infectious and this was not lost to the enthusiastic audience.
Chang Tou Liang, Straits Times, 9 September 2008
New CD: Musical Toys
Mei Yi Foo has released a new album! The CD features 20th and 21st century solo piano works by Ligeti, Gubaidulina and presents the world premiere recording of Unsuk Chin's Piano Etudes. Visit Amazon.co.uk now to purchase your brand new copy of Musical Toys!
Mei Yi Foo has released a new album! The CD features 20th and 21st century solo piano works by Ligeti, Gubaidulina and presents the world premiere recording of Unsuk Chin's Piano Etudes. Visit Amazon.co.uk now to purchase your brand new copy of Musical Toys!
