Winner of the 2013 BBC Music Magazine’s Best Newcomer award, Mei Yi Foo
is recognised internationally as an innovative pianist with a diverse and
eclectic repertoire. A prolific concerto soloist, Mei Yi has appeared with the
English Chamber Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic,
Iceland Symphony, London Chamber Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic,
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Remix
Ensemble and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, garnering rave reviews from
The Times, Independent, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, SRF broadcast, Guardian
and Klassik magazine.
As an avid new music advocate, Mei Yi works actively with living composers
and performs at the world’s most eminent festivals including the Lucerne
Festival, Ultraschall Festival Berlin, Huddersfield Festival and the Punkt Festival
in Norway. She was also the featured artist at Southbank Centre’s
‘Music of Today’ series in 2017.
