Nanga Lin, MM '26 • Wael Farouk

“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 also received much guidance in maturing techniques and refining musicality. Studying with Dr. Farouk is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I am very grateful for it. ”

Upcoming

March 22, 2026

The Piano Amigos

New York, NY, United States

Featuring:
RACHMANINOFF Suite No. 2, Op. 17
AMR OKBA One Coin and Two Sides (World Premiere)
ARENSKY Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 15
ROSSINI (arr. D. Krug) The Barber of Seville Fantasie for piano six hands

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April 20, 2026

Carlos Moseley Series

Spartanburg, SC, United States

An all Liszt Recital, Featuring the B minor Sonata, Don Juan Fantasy, Norma Fantasy, and Tannhauser Overture.

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July 18, 2027

Prokofiev, Bartok, and Grieg Sonatas

Lancaster,, PA 17604-4575

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Nanga Lin, MM ’26

Pianist Wael Farouk is a ‘super-virtuoso.’ – New Jersey Star-Ledger

Breathtakingly poetic – New York Concert Review

One of the best renditions of the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto I’d ever heard. – New York Concert Review

An audacious and inventive pianist. – La Tribune Le Progrès

Mr. Farouk simply lived and breathed the music with the poetry of a born artist. – New York Concert Review

Mr. Farouk daringly showed his mastery and discipline over all sorts of technical hurdles and was even more impressive in making a breathtakingly poetic, singing tone. – New York Concert Review

Wael Farouk is a completionist… a marathon man in music world -Chicago Tribune

Wael Farouk imposed from the first chords of Bach’s Partita in C Minor a gravity of tone, a height of view that belongs only to the greatest. – La Tribune Le Progrès

Completely the virtuoso. – Wilhemshavener Zeitung

The way Mr. Farouk sailed through the piece, as if daydreaming out loud, made masses of notes seem merely incidental. That is how it should be, but only when one hears it does one realize how rare it is. – New York Concert Review

Wael Farouk played the highly virtuoso, technically challenging solo part with absolute mastery. – Nordwest Zeitung

Absolute pianistic brilliance. Technically, one can hardly imagine more pearly runs and differentiated articulation and arpeggios. – Westfalen-Blatt Bielefelder Zeitung

Here was . . . absolutely masterful playing. – New York Concert Review

A virtuosity and an expression without equal. – La Tribune Le Progrès

Absolute virtuosic mastery. – Westfalen-Blatt Bielefelder Zeitung

A very special musical genius. – Al Ahram Weekly

Wael Farouk is, without a doubt, a formidable and magnificent pianist . . . Of the most interesting and individualistic I have heard in a long time. – New York Concert Review

Tremendous music making, the kind that defies and transcends any and all challenges. – New York Concert Review

With his history-making concert, pianist Wael Farouk speaks to social inequities and is ready to reach higher. – Chicago Tribune

Here is piano playing that brings chills to the flesh, performed with a rare virtuoso technique. – David Dubal