Mei Yi Foo (Chinese: 傅美兒; pinyin: Fù Měi'er; Jyutping: Fu6 Mei5 Ji4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pò͘ Bí-jî, born 1980) is a Malaysian pianist who is currently based in London.
In 2013, she won the Best Newcomer in the BBC Music Magazine Awards for her début disc, Musical Toys (Odradek Records), which featured works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Unsuk Chin and György Ligeti.
[4] Born in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, Malaysia, Foo began music lessons at the age of four.
[5][6] “...Mei Yi Foo was anointed Newcomer of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards […] she sat down at the piano to give us a taster: three little late-20th century dazzlers, impish and poetic.
Immediately we were her devoted fans.” The Times, April 2013 [7][8] “Mei Yi Foo makes light work of Shostakovich, Berg and Saint-Saëns [...] an enjoyable programme.” The Guardian, March 2017 [8][9]