Pianist
Looking forward to performing 8 different recital programs this year featuring the complete sonatas of Schumann, Chopin, Scriabin, and Prokofiev. As well as the complete Chopin Ballades, Scherzi and Impromptus. It is very special for me to perform all 10 Scriabin sonatas (as well as his B minor fantasy) as a tribute to Scriabin’s 110th [...]
I am Happy to announce the launch of the Wael Farouk Piano Academy. This 10-day virtual intensive piano course will enable students to take their pianistic knowledge to new heights. Students will be equipped with deeper technical and expressive insights, so they have the tools to express their musical creativity in a more comprehensive and [...]
On May 26th, Dr. Farouk will be making his orchestral debut in China with the beloved 3rd piano concerto with one of China's top orchestras, the famed Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Zhu Qiyuan.
Dr. Farouk was named Artist-in-Residence for the LIPF for 2025. The residency will include a solo recital on July 23rd featuring Prokofiev "War Sonatas" No.s 6, 7, and 8. A Masterclass on the July 24th. A performance of the Schumann Piano Concerto, in A minor, Op. 54 with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Michael [...]
I’m pleased to announce the completion of a 4- year project totaling 2649 pages. This new series is a comprehensive set of technical exercises for the advanced pianist. Each volume references related repertoire and includes many tools that provide professional pianists with the necessary technical apparatus to both master the most challenging repertoire and to proactively [...]
Dr. Wael Farouk will be performing the Grieg piano concerto on August 23rd with the Daegu Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jin-Hyoun Baek. For more information, please visit: https://www.daeguconcerthouse.or.kr
Pianist Wael Farouk joins New Philharmonic to perform Brahms Concertos Farouk joins New Philharmonic to perform Brahms' Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. on April 13 and 3 p.m. on April 14 at the MAC. Natalia Dagenhart, Community Contributor Posted Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 12:15 am CT Wael Farouk with New Philharmonic. (Owner of [...]
Starting in the Fall of 2022, Dr. Farouk will join the college piano faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. An alumnus of the Manhattan School of Music, Dr. Farouk earned the Professional Studies degree there in 2006-2007 on a full scholarship. While there, he won the conservatory's Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition, [...]
The last time the pianist played with the New Philharmonic, in Glen Ellyn, he tackled all five Beethoven concerti in a single concert. Before that, he performed the complete solo piano catalog of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Johannes Brahms in a series of recitals at the schools at which he teaches...That makes Farouk’s concert of Rachmaninoff’s First, Second, [...]
Climbing Beyond Everest: 3 Musical Mountains and persecution. From the Kenosha News. Dedicating the three Rachmaninoff piano concerti in one evening marathon to those who are batteling these 3 Systemic Injustices: Discrimination, oppression. Read the full article Here. Wael Farouk climbing Mount Everest in faith, life and music | Faith & Values | kenoshanewsDownload