Eröffnungskonzert: Ibrahim Maalouf

In the organizer's words:

The Trumpets of Michel-Ange

It would be easier to list what this man can't do! Ibrahim Maalouf, born in Beirut in 1980, is France's best-known instrumentalist and the most versatile. His career was based on lessons from his father Nassim on a quarter-tone trumpet and a classical education: he was already playing challenging solo parts at the age of 15. Perhaps it is the beautiful fate of a genius simply to be unable to restrain his desire for something new. Jazz offered Maalouf the opportunity to improvise as well as to incorporate Arabic music into his sound universe. This also includes pop, rock, funk and bossa. He has worked with Sting, Quincy Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Trilok Gurtu... He composes a lot for film. Where we lead one life, Maalouf leads several, and they are all interwoven. What you hear live - there is no strict separation of genres. He once said that he felt like a human bridge. How viable this bridge between cultures is can also be seen in his new project. He pays homage to this in his instrument.