Fiona Pui-Yee Foo has made her mark in the world as one of Hong Kong’s finest artists. Her performances across thirty states are hailed as “excellent coordination with many contemporary techniques superbly demonstrated”, “very expressive and demonstrating a unique and beautiful style of playing”, “full of character and style; accurate in every way”. She started to perform on stage as pianist at the age of four and as percussionist at six. Her sensational performances with impeccable techniques and splendid movements always succeed to give a pleasant surprise to the audience.
Fiona is a prolific musician, she performed extensively across the continents including Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macao, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States. She has won in various solo marimba competitions, including the 1st Prize and Premio Speciale “Paolo Serrao Prize” in European Music Competition in Italy; 1st Prize and top grand prize “Best Competitor Masterplayers Prize” in Masterplayers International Music Competition in Switzerland; 1st Prize in YAMAHA Europe Music Foundation Award; and other prize laureates such as Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium and several concerto competitions etc. She had live performances on various TV shows/ radio broadcasts, and was invited to perform as a marimba soloist for concertos with orchestras under the baton of world-renowned conductors such as Takuo Yuasa, François-Xavier Roth and Alexander Shelly etc.
Fiona graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance with Honours, and pursued her studies with Alan Cumberland (Timpani, former principal timpanist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra), Lung Heung-Wing (Western Percussion, former principal percussionist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra) and Yim Hok-Man (Chinese Percussion, principal timpanist of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra). She went on to obtain her Master’s Degree in Music, with specialisation in Solo Marimba, and Master’s Degree in Chamber Music in LUCA School of Arts in Belgium, under the guidance of world-renowned marimba virtuoso Ludwig Albert, both graduated with Highest Distinction. Fiona’s other qualifications include from Trinity College London, Recital Diploma (Associate, ATCL) in Performance in Solo Piano and Percussion; Recital Diploma (Licentiate, LTCL) in Percussion with Distinction; and Recital Diploma in Performance with the highest level of Fellowship (FTCL).
Fiona is an endorsing artist from Innovative Percussion, Adams Musical Instruments & Pearl Drum Europe. She is also the Artistic Director of the International Hong Kong Percussion Convention, Competition & Festival.