Artist
Ibrahim Maalouf
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Ibrahim Maalouf (Arabic: ابراهيم معلوف; born 5 December 1980) is a French-Lebanese trumpet player and teacher, composer and arranger. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and now lives in Paris, France.
Maalouf has composed music since he was very young. He presented his compositions for the first time in 1999. His first group "Farah" had a relatively strong Oriental Jazz flavor because he was accompanied by a saxophone, a ney (Middle-Eastern end-blown flute), a transverse flute, a piano, a double bass, a guitar, a buzuq (a long-necked fretted lute related to the Greek bouzouki) and Arabic percussions. A concert recording by this group was broadcast on several music channels between 2004 and 2005. The group did some studio tests, but never produced an album.
In 2004, his encounter with Lhasa de Sela opened the doors of electro music to him. His collaboration with pop and rock singers made him discover other musical styles apart from jazz, classical music and Arabic music. Gradually, Ibrahim’s compositions began to reflect a more contemporary style. In 2006, after exploring many different musical paths, he met Alejandra Norambuena Skira (from the SACEM’s Action Fund), who introduced him to Jean-Louis Perrier. Jean-Louis helped him to form the band with whom he gave a concert on February 12, 2006 at the Paris New Morning Jazz Club. From that moment on, he became a recognized figure of the Paris Oriental Electro Jazz Scene.
His music and his trumpet playing are strongly inspired by his Arabic culture, but the instruments around him (bass, electric guitar, drums, Arabic percussion and vibraphones) and the musicians with whom he performs give a more contemporary rock, electro and Jazz-funk flavor to his music. His concerts are generally built around stimulating music that makes people want to get up and dance. But there is always a short, more contemplative, mystical interlude during his concerts, which he calls "a collective universal prayer". Maalouf gets a lot of his inspiration from his culture of origin. This subject has been explored in the documentary Souffle! (Blow), directed by Christophe Trahand and produced by Cocottes Minutes between 2005 and 2006. Christophe Trahand followed Ibrahim for several months in pursuit of the key to his inspiration and to explore his relationship with his native country and the distance that separates him from it.
Points of sale
Head There!
Beirut
Virgin Megastores - Beirut Souks
Virgin Megastores ABC Achrafieh
Virgin Megastores - City Center
Virgin Megastores - ABC Verdun
Kesserwan
Baakline
North Metn
Virgin Megastores ABC Dbayeh
North
whish Money | Total | Bsharri
AS Company - TBO | Zgharta
Ticketing Box-Office (Dar El-Chimal)
South
Al Ittihad Book Shop - TBO
Bekaa
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ALEPH
08:30 PM | Casino du Liban
GHASSAN YAMMINE - De moi à Aznavour
08:30 PM | Casino du Liban
GHASSAN YAMMINE - De moi à Aznavour
08:30 PM | Casino du Liban
CHOU MNELBOS
08:30 PM | Casino du Liban
TABIAT BASKETBALL vs AMMAN UNITED CLUB
06:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
AL DIFAA AL JAWI SC vs AL RIYADI BEIRUT CLUB
09:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
AMMAN UNITED CLUB vs AL DIFAA AL JAWI SC
06:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
AZIZ MARAKA LIVE IN CONCERT
08:30 PM | Casino du Liban
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
AL DIFAA AL JAWI SC vs TABIAT BASKETBALL
06:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
SAGESSE SC vs AMMAN UNITED CLUB
09:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
UNDER WATER BUBBLE SHOW
06:00 PM | Casino du Liban
Pinocchio and Friends Meet Mini Studio
04:00 PM | Theatre du Boulevard
UNDER WATER BUBBLE SHOW
03:00 PM | Casino du Liban
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
AMMAN UNITED CLUB vs AL RIYADI BEIRUT CLUB
05:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
TABIAT BASKETBALL vs SAGESSE SC
09:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
Pinocchio and Friends Meet Mini Studio
04:00 PM | Theatre du Boulevard
SAGESSE SC vs AL DIFAA AL JAWI SC
05:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
AL RIYADI BEIRUT CLUB vs TABIAT BASKETBALL
09:45 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
VENUS Avant-Première
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
Pinocchio and Friends Meet Mini Studio
04:00 PM | Theatre du Boulevard
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
BASKETBALL NATIONAL DAY 2025
12:00 PM | Stade Nouhad Naufal
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
Pinocchio and Friends Meet Mini Studio
04:00 PM | Theatre du Boulevard
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
The Golden Night - Maestro Elie El Alia
08:30 PM | Casino du Liban
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
One Thousand and One Nights
08:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
VENUS
08:30 PM | Theatre Monnot
One Thousand and One Nights
04:00 PM | Theatre Caracalla
POPERA
08:30 PM | Casino du Liban
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