• Nanga Lin, MM ’26 7 months ago - "Dr. Farouk is a supportive mentor and a warm scholar. I have gained deep insight into cultivating a heart full of curiosity across all aspects of art while developing performance skills. In my short time studying with Dr. Farouk, I have been encouraged to explore composers and pieces I was unfamiliar with before. I have… Continue Reading

Dr. Wael Farouk has performed on five continents in such venues as the White Hall in St. Petersburg, Schumann’s House in Leipzig, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, where his solo debut performance in 2013 was described as “absolutely masterful.”

Praised as a “formidable and magnificent pianist” by the New York Concert Review, Dr. Farouk is known for his groundbreaking performance projects. In 2018, along with the New Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Kirk Muspratt, he  gave a historic performance of all five Beethoven Piano Concerti in a  single concert (which was repeated on three consecutive nights). In the spring of 2021, he gave a performance of Rachmaninoff’s concerti Nos. 1, 2, and 3 in a single evening with the New Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Kirk Muspratt, which the Chicago Tribune music critic described as a “history-making concert.”The entirety of the performance was also broadcast on WFMT, Chicago’s Classical Music station. In the 2023-2024 season, Dr. Farouk performed the two Brahms piano concerti in one evening (repeated twice) with the New Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Kirk Muspratt.

Praised as a “formidable and magnificent pianist” by the New York Concert Review, Dr. Farouk has had an extensive performing career. He commands a vast repertoire of more than 70 concertos and 60 solo programs, spanning from Scarlatti to Bolcom and including the complete piano works of J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, and Rachmaninoff, 10 solo recitals of Franz Liszt’s music, as well as the complete piano sonatas of Schubert, Scriabin, and Prokofiev.

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