Karim Kamar
(Picture: Ayman Chaudhry)Even after Beyoncé inspired fans to quit their jobs in June last year with resignation banger Break My Soul, most people would still baulk at ditching a steady job for a career as a professional pianist. Particularly when the first hurdle was learning the piano itself.
But Karim Kamar is not most people, and his decision to concentrate on the instrument paid off handsomely. A decade on, he has more than 1 million followers across his social media, has performed at London’s most prestigious music venues, including Ronnie Scott’s and the Royal Albert Hall, released six albums (with another in the works), and has a monthly poetry and music residency, Out-Spoken, at the Southbank Centre.
