Prof. Wael Farouk to perform piano concerti dedicated to overcoming injustice April 17

No stranger to historic piano performances, Professor Wael Farouk, director of the Keyboard Studies Program at Carthage, is giving another historic performance in April — one with special significance for him and the times we are living in. 

While the pandemic is preventing the usual in-person attendance, the concert will be recorded live and available for on-demand streaming throughout the world beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17 through Tuesday, June 15.

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Reflecting the events that took place in Kenosha last summer and the worldwide outcry to combat discrimination and persecution, something that Prof. Farouk is himself no stranger to, he has given this concert the theme of “Climbing Beyond Everest: 3 Musical Mountains and 3 Systemic Injustices — Discrimination, Oppression, and Persecution.”

In collaboration with Chicago’s award-winning New Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Kirk Muspratt, Prof. Farouk is performing a “once-in-a-lifetime, ground-breaking concert” of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerti Nos. 1, 2, and 3.

Rachmaninoff’s third piano concerto is known as the Mt. Everest of the piano repertoire. As the concert description aptly notes, this piece alone requires “a pianist of the highest ability, strength, and emotion to perform.” The three pieces together are so challenging that few pianists have performed them all, let alone in a single concert.

Students, faculty, and staff can reach out to Prof. Farouk directly at wfarouk@carthage.edu to receive a special promo code for discounted tickets.

SPONSORING DEPARTMENT, OFFICE, OR ORGANIZATION:

Music Department

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Prof. Wael Farouk, wfarouk@carthage.edu