Gamal Khamis, pianist

Described by The Times as a pianist with "formidable keyboard skills", Gamal Khamis completed his formal education at the Royal College of Music, after gaining a degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London. He first performed at the Wigmore Hall at the age of ten, and has since appeared at Carnegie Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and all over Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. He has won major prizes at the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition and the Ferrier Awards, and he has worked with many of Britain's leading composers. He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 3 In Tune, where he has performed alongside Sol Gabetta, Vilde Frang and Erwin Schrott.

Recent engagements have included concertos by Rachmaninov and Robert Schumann with the Ealing Youth Orchestra and Barnet Symphony Orchestra. This year Gamal will give recitals at Richmond Concert Society, Church Stretton Arts Festival, and the Flatirons Chamber Music Festival in Colorado, USA. He will also and go on a tour of "Odyssey - Words and Music of Finding Home", his narrative recital with the actor Christopher Kent. Christopher and Gamal's recording of "Enoch Arden" by Strauss/Tennyson will be released by SOMM Recordings in the summer of 2022. Gamal is a Samling Artist, a member of the award-winning Lipatti Piano Quartet, and he is on the Artistic Committee of the Park Lane Group.

"The highlight of the evening was pianist Gamal Khamis, whose sensitivity and imagination shone out of his three performances." Financial Times