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Pop-Up Concerts

Wael Farouk, piano

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 6PM
Miller Theatre at Columbia University

Free admission • Doors open at 5:30PM, music at 6PM
Onstage seating is first-come, first-served.

Praised as a “formidable and magnificent pianist” by the New York Concert Review, Egyptian-American pianist Wael Farouk commands a vast repertoire of more than 70 concertos and 60 solo programs. Known for his groundbreaking performance projects, Farouk returns to Miller Theatre to share a selection of gorgeous solo piano works by J.S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Scarlatti, and more.

Sit onstage and enjoy a free drink during these hour-long weeknight Pop-Up Concerts, and mingle with the musicians and fellow concertgoers after the show.

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Free admission • Doors open at 5:30PM, music at 6PM
Onstage seating is first-come, first-served.

Praised as a “formidable and magnificent pianist” by the New York Concert Review, Egyptian-American pianist Wael Farouk commands a vast repertoire of more than 70 concertos and 60 solo programs. Known for his groundbreaking performance projects, Farouk returns to Miller Theatre to share a selection of gorgeous solo piano works by J.S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Scarlatti, and more.

Sit onstage and enjoy a free drink during these hour-long weeknight Pop-Up Concerts, and mingle with the musicians and fellow concertgoers after the show.

Repertoire

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Prelude in G# minor, Op. 32, No. 12

    (1910)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude in C minor, Op. 23, No. 7 (1903)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 (1901)
  • Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a dead princess) (1899)
  • Mily Balakirev Islamey: Oriental Fantasy (1869)
  • Mikhail Glinka (trans. Mily Balakirev) The Lark (1840)
  • Domenico Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 9 (c. 1738)
  • Domenico Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 1 (c. 1738)
  • J.S. Bach (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (1720/1893)

Performers

  • Wael Farouk piano

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