Naïssam Jalal Email & Phone Number

Naïssam Jalal was born to Syrian parents in Paris. At age 6, she entered the conservatory to study classical flute. At the age of 18, she left the conservatory after discovering musical improvisation. This was followed by a tour in Mali with the funky brass band Tarace Boulba. At 19, Naïssam decided to leave France and go to Syria in search of her origins. After some time studying nay (classical arabic flute) at the Great Institute of Arabic Music in Damascus, she settled in Cairo for the next three years. There she studied with the great master of violin Abdu Dagher and met Fathi Salama with whom she played regularly in the most prestigious theatres. Later she participated in the creation of the group El Dor El Awal and played a variety of musical styles with different musicians, and developed her own style between east and west. Upon her return to France in 2006, she began her collaboration with the Lebanese rapper Rayess Bek, in France, Germany, Belgium and Marocco. In 2008, she performed with the egyptian oud player Hazem Shahine in Egypt, Lebanon, Malta, and Paris at the Arabic World Institut in 2011. In 2009, she released the album To Resistances with duo Noun Ya and toured France, Syria, Japan, Lebanon, and Tunisia. In 2010/2011, Naïssam performed live with the top African musicians of the Parisian scene: Tony Allen, Cheik Tidiane Seck, Kiala, Brice Wassi, Hialaire Penda, Fatoumata Diawara and also Abdoulaye Traore and Mohamed Diaby with whom she recorded the album Debademba. In Lebanon, Naïssam recorded and performed with the group of Palestinian rap Katibeh 5. In 2012, she performed with great names of the international jazz scene like Hamid Drake or Nelson Veras, and of the arabic world as Lena Shamamyan, Macadi Nahhas, Youssef Hbeish... At the same time she created her own quintet and played in great theatres in Paris.