Tom Ibarra


Tom Ibarra is a French jazz guitarist and composer.

Biography

Ibarra picked up the guitar when he was 6 years of age and is autodidact. He started composing at the age of 11.
In 2013 and 2014 he won the 1rst prize young talent SACEM. He played alone with his guitar and backing tracks he had composed.
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At the same time he played with the great Didier Lockwood, Lionel Suarez, Eddie Constantine and Sylvain Luc.
In 2016 he won the Young Hope Action Jazz at the "Springboard Action Jazz" with his band. The same year he was invited on stage at the Saint Emilion Jazz Festival by Marcus Miller.
In 2017 he won the famous LetterOne Rising Stars Jazz Award.
In 2018 Tom Ibarra shared the stage again with Marcus Miller and his band in June at Leopolis Jazz Festival , then in July at Jazzopen in Stuttgart .
He has also composed pieces of music that he proposed to great international musicians, such as Gergo Borlai, Federico Malaman, Igor Falecki or Etibar Asadli.
After his bachelor he has studied at CMDL from 2016 to 2018

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