Ibrahim Muslimani is an expert of the Syrian musical heritage, notably the traditional music of Aleppo. He is a teacher, author, musicologist, percussionist, cultural manager, leader and entrepreneur in the cultural field.
Ibrahim studied with prominent Syrian and Turkish music masters such as Hassan Bassal, Zuheir Meniny, Mohammad Fateh Abu Zaid, Saif al-Din Zain al-Abidin and Mustafa Büyükipekçi.
He graduated from the Department of Cinema & TV at Gaziantep University, Turkey, in 2019 and completed a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from the same university (Migration Institute) in 2024.
In 2009, Ibrahim founded Nawa band to revive the muwashahat and qudud. In 2016, he expanded his involvement in the cultural field by establishing and managing Nefes Foundation for Arts and Culture. Ibrahim also leverages his extensive experience in the arts to promote psychological recovery, social cohesion and harmony. Later on, he embarked upon entrepreneurship and founded Spaces of Music Production in 2020.
Ibrahim obtained the UK Global Talent Visa with the endorsement of the British Academy as an acknowledgment of his contribution and achievement in preserving and reviving Aleppo’s traditional music.
Ibrahim’s international achievements include numerous academic activities, workshops, masterclasses, panel discussions and research projects, as well as concerts across Europe and the Middle East.
His involvement in academic and artistic activities include the following:
– In 2014, he collaborated with the US label “Lost Origin Productions” over the album “NAWA – Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo.”
– He played a prominent role in the documentary film “Wajd: Songs of Separation,” in 2018.
– He released the book and album “WASL” in Turkey in 2021 with the support of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) Music Grant, in collaboration with the Nefes Foundation for Arts & Culture.
– As for the album “Musical Spaces from Orient”, he was released under the label Spaces of Music Production and Nefes Foundation, in 2023.
– He played a leading role in a series of panel discussions and concerts about the “Ottoman Arabic Classical Music, from Aleppo to Cairo” at Oxford University and King’s College, UK, in 2023, with the support of British Council’s Creative Collaboration program.
– In 2024, he launched a new album entitled “Breathes from Aleppo”, supported by the Production Awards Program from Culture Resource and Nefes Foundation.
