Ibrahim Maalouf – April 26, 2024 LiveEvents April 19, 2024 707 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal presents Ibrahim Maalouf In 16 albums, Ibrahim Maalouf has gone from being the winner of the world’s greatest international classical trumpet competitions to the most popular jazz artist on the French music scene. Filling the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, the Lincoln Jazz Center in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in 2016 he became the first jazz musician in history to sell out France’s largest concert hall, the Accor Arena in 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, Angelique Kidjo, Melody Gardot, the Chronos Quartet, Trilok Gurtu, Josh Groban, Marcus Miller, Salif Keita, and many others. In 2021 he appeared on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show with Jon Batiste, who introduced him as a living jazz legend. Never where one expects him to be, with his 17th album “Capacity To Love”, Ibrahim Maalouf intends to leave his mark on the world with a popular, original, surprising and innovative music. In 2022, he became the first Lebanese instrumentalist nominated for a Grammy Award for his album Queen of Sheba in collaboration with Angelique Kidjo. MTelus To purchase your tickets visit: www.mtelus.com