Adam Faruqi, tenor
Palestinian-American tenor Adam Faruqi (he/they) is known for his versatile and flexible lyric voice. He sings in a variety of styles, from renaissance, baroque, and classical to pop, rock, and folk. He has performed on the soundtracks of over 20 Hollywood films, TV shows, and video games, including such titles as Star Wars, Ms. Marvel, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and many more. His voice can also be heard on the Grammy-award-winning recording of Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Los Angels Philharmonic, Mitski's The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, and Father John Misty's Mahashmashana, among other albums.
Adam is a long-time member of the LA Master Chorale and the LA Opera Chorus, and is a founding member of early music collective Peasant Fylthe. Since 2022 Adam has had the privilege of touring internationally as a featured soloist with LA Master Chorale’s universally-acclaimed production Music to Accompany a Departure–a fully staged adaptation of Heinrich Schutz's seminal masterpiece Musikalische Exequien, choreographed and directed by Peter Sellars. His duet with Dermot Kiernan was described by Nicholas Jones of San Francisco Classical Voice as "one of the most telling moments" of the production.
He has performed across the Southland and beyond with organizations such as LA Camerata, Musica Transalpina, Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, Street Symphony, The Industry Opera, Tonality, PRISM, Chorosynthesis, Pasadena Pro Musica, Pasadena Opera, Concerto NoHo, Camerata Rus, and Angel City Opera, among others. In his free time, Adam composes, arranges, and records music in his home studio. Adam speaks 7 languages and holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from USC. He is passionate about environmentalism, car-free urbanism, and Palestinian liberation.