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 perform 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.

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

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 Op. 32 No. 12 in G# minor
(1910)
Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 7 in C minor (1903)
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. 413 (c. 1742-1757)
Domenico Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 366 (c. 1742-1757)
J.S. Bach (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (1720/1893)