Piano recital by Marc Kawwas

Marc Kawwas is ‘a wonderful young musician,’ says Wissam Boustany, ‘who has a heart that is pure and warm – and a touch on the piano that is powerful, lucid and poetic.’ You can sample his artistry here.

In Bath, Marc will be performing:

Bach Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
Beethoven Sonata no 30 in E major
Chopin Nocturne in E major • Ballade no 4 in F minor
Saint-Saëns Romance for Flute and Piano with WISSAM BOUSTANY flute
Rachmaninov Preludes in D major and E-flat major • Études-Tableaux in G minor and E-flat minor
Ginastera Sonata no 1

Wissam Boustany will also perform his own composition ‘And the Wind Whispered’.

Marc Kawwas was born in Bethlehem in 2006 and started playing the piano at the age of six. He studied initially at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music before coming to England to continue his studies at Chetham’s School of Music as a PalMusic Scholar.

Among other prizes, he won the ESNCM’s Concerto Competition in 2018. In England, he has twice reached the finals of the annual Chopin Prize competition at the Royal Northern College of Music.

He has performed in Manchester Cathedral and a packed Southwark Cathedral, where his rendition last November of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no 3 with the St Paul’s Sinfonia won a standing ovation – from both the audience and the orchestra!

Wissam Boustany is an internationally renowned flautist, conductor and teacher who is currently president of the British Flute Society. He is chair of PalMusic UK and patron of both Musicians for Peace and Disarmament and the British Suzuki Music Association.