Nik Bärtsch
9 października, 2023
Ibrahim Maalouf (born 5 November 1980 in Beirut) is a French-Lebanese trumpeter, producer, arranger, and composer. In 2022, he became the first Lebanese instrumentalist nominated at the Grammy Awards for his album Queen of Sheba in collaboration with Angélique Kidjo.
In 16 albums, Ibrahim Maalouf has gone from winner of the biggest international classical trumpet competitions around the world to the most popular jazzman on the French music scene. Filling the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, the Lincoln Jazz Center in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, in 2016 he became the first jazzman in history to sell out the largest concert hall in France, the Accor Arena (Paris-Bercy). Spotted by living legend Quincy Jones and described as a “Virtuoso” by the New York Times, Ibrahim has collaborated in recent years with Wynton Marsalis, Angélique Kidjo, Melody Gardot, the Chronos Quartet, Trilok Gurtu, Josh Groban, Marcus Miller, Salif Keita , and many others.
Source: Wikipedia, artist’s website