Samer Fanek - Pianist & Composer Pianist from Daly City, CA

Samer Fanek is an award-winning Polish-Jordanian pianist, keyboardist, composer and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His music performances on YouTube have received over 3 million global views with his versatile piano playing of music from all genres, including: - Ambient/New-age music for an easy listening environment (such as Yanni, Yiruma, Hans Zimmer, or his own original music) - 70s/80s/90s (such as Elton John, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Eagles, George Michael, Scorpions, Frank Sinatra) - Rock music (such as Queen, Imagine Dragons, Radiohead, Muse, Metallica, Bon Jovi) - Pop music (such as Daft Punk, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams) To date, he has released four studio albums: “Call of the Desert” (2022), “Polarized” (2020), “Guide Me” (2018), and “Wishful Thinking” (2016). All of his albums received glowing press reviews and debuted at #1 on various Amazon.com charts in the genre, with his debut album also charting nationally at #12 on the US New Age Billboard charts. Samer won several awards and nominations with his music, including winning the Great American Song Contest for best instrumental song, multiple silver medals in the Global Music Awards, and nominations in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) in 2016, 2019, and 2021. His debut album also made the 59th Grammy® Awards first-round ballot in the Best New Age Album category. His music can be regularly heard on numerous FM and internet radio stations in the United States and internationally, with his debut album peaking at #2 on the international Zone Music Reporter (ZMR) Top 100 Radio Airplay chart, the monthly aggregate chart which tracks worldwide radio airplay of albums in the new age, world music, and instrumental music genres. Radio programmers recently nominated Samer Fanek for the 13th Annual ZMR Music Awards for Best New Artist and Best Neo-Classical Album of 2016.