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Ibrahim Maalouf will play on stage at the Zénith de Pau with his album The Trumpets of Michel Ange (TOMA).
It’s a big name on the trumpet who is about to arrive on the stage of the Zénith de Pau. Ibrahim Maalouf will present trumpets of Michel Ange also identified under the acronym TOMA. This time again, Ibrahim Maalouf plays with genre boundaries to venture with his instrument into very different styles, ranging from jazz to folklore. A musical journey nourished by numerous influences.
“TOMA” is first and foremost a mixed album, a true mix of influences where the festive and nostalgic Orient is expressed with rare freedom,” notes the artist in the presentation of his show. Ibrahim Maalouf celebrates above all the freedom to create, the freedom to play. There is good in musical mixing. Ibrahim Maalouf’s trumpet sounds far away. Didn’t he have two Grammy nominations?
“Toma is a great musical adventure that transports you to a world where folklore and modernity are one.” Or how to give new colors to a form of fusion with the aim of remaining audible and accessible to as many people as possible.
The four-piston trumpet
TOMA is also an opportunity to approach the funny trumpet that Ibrahim Maalouf handles with mastery. It has four pistons… Invented 50 years ago by his father, it is now manufactured by French instrument makers. Here again, Maalouf explores new horizons.
