Dr. Wael Farouk's performance of Rachmaninoff third piano concerto as the winner of the 2012 NYCA concerto competition was described By Rorianne Schrade as "That is how it should be, but only when one hears it does one realize how rare it is. Soulful melodic inflection, growling outbursts, coruscating passagework, and powerful peaks all combined [...]