“It must be the first time [Gubaidulina] has been portrayed as a Lego figure on a CD sleeve...” BBC Music Magazine Awards Issue May 2013 By common consent... the star turn came from an artist few of us had heard of, London-based Malaysian pianist Mei Yi Foo, Newcomer of the Year. Hers was the disc you wanted to rush out and buy on the strength of what we heard. Its menagerie is a trio of playful study-sets... Introduced in a whimsical little speech by composer and admirer Dai Fujikura, Foo showcased one miniature by each composer, a sample mix much as she proposes in a note for the well-presented disc. It comes from a label, Odradek Records, the newness of which gives it equal status in the award category, and which describes itself as a democratic classical cooperative, non-profit and artist-controlled label and concert association, promoting new artists and fresh repertoire. With five of the pianists due to appear in various mini-festivals around Italy and elsewhere, there’s faith that the CD lives on as a welcome object to take home after a recital. Arts Desk Newcomers triumph at BBC Music Magazine Awards David Nice April 10 2013 “There was no contest from Janina Fialkowska and even the charismatic Angelika Kirchschlager; Mei Yi Foo swept us all away with the canny choice of pieces by Gubaidulina, Unsuk Chin and Ligeti from her Best Newcomer award-winning disc ‘Musical Toys’. As for ‘Musical Toys’, I thought it might just be through her canny choice of repertoire that Foo triumphed, but having listened to the disc a couple of times, I hear so much imagination in the distant voices of the Gubaidulina, while the Chin is technically terrific” I’ll Think of Something Later David Nice April 11, 2013 Mei Yi Foo’s debut disc deserves all the praise it has garnered… the sleeve art is delightful, and suggests that what might seem on paper to be an intractable recital of modern piano music could actually turn out to be something highly enjoyable. Delicious even... This release comes from Odradek Records, a cooperative, artist-controlled, not-for-profit venture. It’s well engineered and handsomely annotated – a desert island disc. The Arts Desk Graham Rickson May 25, 2013
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