Meet Lamis!

Known for her dedication and passion for music, Lamis was born in Cairo, Egypt and entered the Conservatoire at the age of ten, where she studied under Dr. Mahmoud Mekhemar. She pursued a successful career in performance as a soloist and collaborative, and orchestral pianist at venues including the Cairo Opera house, and in the major concert halls of Germany, Hungary and Finland and Poland. She has participated in workshops and masterclasses in Egypt and abroad where she studied with internationally renowned artists including Catherine Vickers, Mariola Cieniawa, Ralf Gothoni, Lucas Blondeel, Ramzi Yassa, Yasser Mokhtar and others. In 2010, she won first prize in piano performance in the Supreme Council of Culture Competition and in 2012, she won first prize in the Polish Embassy Chopin Competition. Last year, She was featured as a soloist with Cairo Symphony Orchestra.

Lamis got her bachelor degree from Cairo Conservatoire in 2016 and finished her post-graduate diploma in Piano Performance in 2018 with highest honors. In 2020, She received the Robert Turnball piano foundation Grant and moved to Chicago, Illinois to pursue her Master’s degree in Piano Performance. Currently , She is studying in the Professional Studies program at Manhattan School of Music with Wael Farouk,  as a recipient of the International Advisory board Award, being the first Egyptian female to study at this institution. Lamis believes in the power of music in changing lives and elevating societies and has served on the piano faculties of the Cairo and Alexandria Conservatories, and joined the faculty of Aurora Music Academy in 2022.