Bon élève (mention assez bien à son bac C à 17 ans)[1], il se passionne d'abord pour la photographie puis découvre la musique de Django Reinhardt qui lui donne envie d'apprendre à jouer de la guitare à 18 ans. Après avoir fait ses gammes en côtoyant les meilleurs musiciens de Jazz manouche en plein cœur du marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen, il se lance assez rapidement dans la carrière de musicien. Il collabore avec son père, Jacques Dutronc, en 1995, sur l'album Brèves Rencontres. Parallèlement, il fait deux expériences cinématographiques comme comédien dans le deuxième film de Valérie Lemercier : Le Derrière en 1999 et dans celui d’Alain Soral : Confession d'un dragueur en 2001. Entre-temps, il écrit pour Henri Salvador (Mademoiselle). Il entre dans le groupe Gipsy Project de Biréli Lagrène durant une année. En 2002, il crée l’A.J.T. Guitar Trio avec Antoine Tatich et Jérôme Ciosi, venus tout droit de Corse. En 2003, il participe avec -M- (Matthieu Chedid) à la musique du film, Toutes les filles sont folles, de Pascale Pouzadoux et à celle du dessin animé Les Triplettes de Belleville, de Sylvain Chomet. Il réitère en 2005 pour signer la musique du film Les Enfants de Christian Vincent. Il compose aussi pour le chanteur Jacno et participe en tant qu’arrangeur et réalisateur aux albums de sa mère, Françoise Hardy.
Biographie de Jacques Higelin, évoquant sa carrière, retraçant son rôle dans l'émergence du rock français, analysant ses engagements politiques et revenant sur sa vie personnelle et ses passions. L'auteur évoque ceux dont il a croisé la route, parmi lesquels Brigitte Fontaine, Alain Souchon, Bernard Lavilliers, Georges Moustaki, la Grande Sophie, Matthieu Chedid ou encore Jeanne Cherhal. …
Founded in 1906, Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix des Bois (Little Singers of the Wooden Cross) are renowned as one of the world's most established children's choirs. Founded by Paul Berthier and Pierre Martin, two students on vacation at l'Abbeye de Tamie, the Paris-based traveling choir broke tradition with its lack of affiliation to a particular parish or cathedral. Directed by Father Fernand Maillet, they soon developed an international presence thanks to performances at the Vatican and an appearance in the 1945 film La Cage aux Rossignols, and continued to remain active throughout the 20th century, with singer/songwriter Matthieu Chédid, Les Prêtres' Charles Troesch, and Olympic rowing champion Adrien Hardy among some of their famous former members. By its centenary year, which was celebrated by a France2 show featuring duets with the likes of Tina Arena, Lara Fabian, and Nolwenn Leroy, the choir school had developed into a full-time educational institution, combining regular studies with a global touring schedule.
In 2005, even before the release of his first album, Ibrahim began work that seemed obvious to him. With his first album, Ibrahim had made an artistic proposal, but was far from having finished everything he had to say. And this second album was the logical continuation of the first. An evolution in the form of a question. "Do I necessarily have to evolve in a clear artistic direction: Eastern or Western? Am I forced by my origins to take refuge in the ease of exoticism? Ibrahim asks this question through an astonishing process. 2 CDs in the same album. One is "Disoriental" and the other "Paradoxidental", and both deal with the same question from two very different angles. The first is the oriental's view of the mixing with the West. The other is the Westerner's view of mixing with the East. According to Ibrahim, this album is a work of research. Far from being a result, it is part of an artistic and intimate therapeutic process.
On November 6, 2020, the day after his 40th birthday, musician and composer Ibrahim Maalouf unveiled his 12th studio album entitled "40 Melodies" in reference to his 40 candles. The album is a complete departure from the artist's previous projects as for the first time in his 15-year discography, Ibrahim offers an intimate duo with his friend and collaborator of over 10 years, Belgian guitarist François Delporte. The duo revisit Ibrahim's melodies that have left their mark on the music scene, both on his albums and his soundtracks, as well as a few previously unreleased tracks. All of this with the appearance of a host of prestigious surprise guests (Sting, Matthieu Chedid, Marcus Miller, Alfredo Rodriguez, Richard Bona, Trilok Gurtu, Hüsnü Senlendrici, Jon Batiste, Arturo Sandoval, and many others). Ibrahim thus returns to his origins and to the essentials: a trumpet, a guitar and 40 melodies, to celebrate his 40th birthday.