Ibrahim Maalouf

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Ibrahim Maalouf


Img_capt = Ibrahim Maalouf
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Ibrahim Maalouf
Born = birth date and age|1980|12|05
flagicon|Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon
Origin = flagicon|France France
Instrument = Trumpet
Genre = Jazz
Jazz-rock fusion
Classical music
Occupation = Trumpeter, Composer, and Musical Arranger
Years_active = 1997-
Label = Mis'Ter Productions
URL = [http://www.ibrahimmaalouf.com/accueil-uk.html Official Website]

Ibrahim Maalouf ( _ar. ابراهيم معلوف) is a trumpeter who is also a composer and arranger for trumpet. He also teaches trumpet. He was born on December 5, 1980 in Beirut, Lebanon, but now lives in France.

Biography

Ibrahim Maalouf is the son of trumpeter Nassim Maalouf and pianist Nada Maalouf, a nephew of the writer Amin Maalouf, and the grandson of journalist, poet and musicologist Rushdi Maalouf. He is currently the only trumpet player in the world to play Arabic music with the trumpet in fourth tones, which his father invented in the 1960s. Ibrahim is also the winner of some of the greatest classical trumpet competitions in the world.

His family fled Lebanon in the midst of a civil war and Ibrahim grew up in the Paris suburbs with both parents and his sister Layla, who is two years older than him. He studied until the age of 17 and graduated with a Bachelor's in General Scientific Mathematics from the Lycée d'Étampes (Essonne).

He began to study the trumpet at age 7 with his father Nassim Maalouf, a former student of Maurice André at the National Conservatory in Paris. His father taught him the classical technique, early music, modern, contemporary and also classical Arabic music and the Arab art of improvisation. In fact, his father was the inventor of the micro-tonal trumpet, so-called quarter-tones, allowing you to play Arab maqams on the trumpet. Ibrahim also began playing the piccolo trumpet very young. Since the age of 9, he accompanied his father as a duo throughout Europe and the Middle East, playing a Baroque repertoire by Vivaldi, Purcell, Albinoni, and so on. Thusly, he had his first encounter playing to an audience, and an audience had their first encounter with him. At 17, Ibrahim attracted professionals when in concert with a chamber orchestra, as he interpreted the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto by Bach, considered by many trumpeters as the hardest classical work to play on a trumpet. It was at this same time that Ibrahim met Maurice André, who encouraged him to abandon his studies in mathematics to dedicate himself to music permanently.

Work in Classical Music

Ibrahim then went to study at the CNR de Paris (regional Conservatory) in the class of Gérard Boulanger for a two-year training. Then, in between competitions, he studied at the CNSM de Paris (Higher National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris) in the class of Antoine Curé for a three-year training. He obtained degrees from these schools, which are considered to be the most advanced in the field of classical music.

Between 1999 and 2003, Ibrahim has won 15 competitions throughout the world. His winnings include first prize in the prestigious International Trumpet Competition in Pilisvörösvár, Hungary in 2001, first prize in the National Trumpet Competition in Washington, DC in 2001, and second prize (tied) at the International Competition of the ville de Paris Maurice-André in 2003.

Since 2006, Ibrahim has taught trumpet at the CNR of Aubervilliers-La Courneuve in France, where he succeeded the great pedagogue André Prell.

Discography

Studio Albums

* 2007 - "Diasporas"

External links

* [http://www.ibrahimmaalouf.com/accueil-uk.html Official Website of Ibrahim Maalouf, in English]