Ibrahim Maalouf

Ibrahim Maalouf genuinely thrills me. By adapting the quarter-tone trumpet, he found a way to pour Arabic melody into the language of jazz, and the result sounds like nothing else. Lebanese-born, French-based, decorated with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a César, he became the first Lebanese instrumentalist nominated at the Grammys for Queen of Sheba with Angélique Kidjo. I see an artist who lives on the borderline between worlds, tradition and improvisation, East and West, and turns that tension into bridges. To me, musicians who can make those crossings audible are exactly the treasures our fractured era needs.

Name (English)

Ibrahim Maalouf

Name (Japanese)

イブラヒム・マアルーフ

Reading

いぶらひむ・まあるーふ

Born

November 5, 1980 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

Origin

Kafarakab, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon

Occupation

jazz trumpeter / jazz pianist / composer / film score composer / musician

Awards & achievements

• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• César Award
• 2015 Knight of the National Order of Merit
• 2023 Officer of Arts and Letters
• 2014 Victory of the album of traditional musics or musics of the world
• 2017 Lumière Award for Best Music

• Official sitehttps://www.ibrahimmaalouf.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ibrahimmaaloufofficial/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim%20Maalouf
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2574452

Tags

• Mount Lebanon Governorate
• jazz trumpeter
• jazz pianist
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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