Wael Farouk        pianist
At the age of 27, Egyptian pianist Wael Farouk has already had an extensive performing career. He has appeared as soloist with the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Saint-Etienne National Orchestra, the Academy of the Arts Orchestra, with the Manhattan Symphony , and with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra.
Wael Farouk has toured England, Russia, Italy, France, Spain, Hungary, Germany and Japan as recitalist and chamber music player, including venues such as the White Hall in St. Petersburg, the Kurt Masur Hall at the Johann Sebastian Bach Music School in Leipzig, and Schumann’s house.
Wael Farouk began his studies at age seven in the Cairo Conservatory. Since 2001, Wael Farouk has studied in the United States at the Brevard Music Center, at the Catholic University of America with Marilyn Neeley, at Converse College with Doug Weeks, and at Manhattan School of Music, from where he graduated in 2007 with a Professional Diploma in the class of Solomon Mikowsky. He is currently an Artist Diploma student of Dr. Mikowsky at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.