Canadian pianist Katherine Chi was featured soloist in the middle two selections. In both the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 the Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques, Chi not only played with technical brilliance but an almost romantic musicality that enhanced the performance of both works.
Oiseaux exotiques transforms the stage into a forest filled with beautiful sounds and raucous ornithological scoldings. Zeitouni reported that nearly 50 different bird calls are replicated in the score.
Columbus Dispatch | March 27, 2011