Thomas Hornig

Catch The Octopus Band for the last time in February at Metro! A highly dynamic and large creative Jazz ensemble with some of Beirut’s finest musicians.

📆Tuesday February 10th
🕘 Event starts at 9 PM
Doors open at 8:15 PM
📍Metro Al Madina, Hamra
🎟 on sale at (Ticketing booth & website), Librairie Antoine branches or through Antoine online ticketing (link below👇🏻)
https://www.antoineticketing.com/events/5384/makram-aboul-hosn-octopus-band

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Salsa Picante @ DRM, Beirut 2015

This happened when I first came to Lebanon.
And I knew immediately—I could see it in the way people reacted when he was around, when we were playing together—he was the beating heart of Lebanon.
I was really, really lucky to have that small moment with him.
May he rest in peace.

Thierry Paul- Guitar, Thomas Dahl- Piano, Michel Bontemps – Drums and Thomas Hornig Saxophone. “UGO” is the title song composed by Guitarist Thierry Paul. The reading songs were composed by myself.

Rehearsal prior to November 2024 Performance in KSA with Oussama Rahbani and Hiba Tawaji

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_lQKNWM29p/?igsh=MXMxbHdnZGlqaG9rcw==

This performance features Tom Hornig on saxophone, Jack Gregg on acoustic bass, and Ghazi Abdelbaki on drums, with Ziad Rahbani playing his celebrated piece, ‘Houdou Nisbi.’ It’s one of the few times Ziad performed live in such an intimate setting, where a saxophonist was prominently featured. The musicians still remember it as a unique experience, reflecting Ziad’s deep connection to Lebanese culture and the widespread admiration for his work as a composer, playwright, and social commentator. https://fb.watch/uoVVuBXzv8/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdFpX08tmEm/?igsh=b28zeG41OW0yMDFh

“Spirit of the West” Walid Tawil Qtet, Dhour Chweir 2024

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Dhour Shweir Playlist (several short clips)

“Les Grelot” Walid Tawil Qtet, Dhour Chweir 2024

“Nizar” by Bruno Paoli (Piano) featuring Scarlet Munzer (Voice), Arnaud Oeggerli (Drums) Reudi Felder (Double Bass) and Thomas Hornig (Saxophone). Recorded at “NOW” Beirut in July, 2018

One of many recordings with Julia – 7 years of recording and touring throughout the Middle East and North Africa

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6-u80YMhYz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

“IF YOU MAKE MUSIC YOU ARE NEEDED”

Tom Hornig settled in Beirut in 1994, and has toured all over the world with many of Lebanon’s most celebrated artists but also American and French Musicians including Julia Boutros, Omayma Khalil, Ousama Rahbani, Arthur Satyan, The D & G Band, Thierry Paul, Michel Bontemps, Yochko Seffer, Manu Fraiman to name a few. Tom is American and French educated and currently holds the position of professor at the Lebanese Conservatory in Beirut. Recently awarded the Artist’s Golden Visa in Dubai, he opted to take a sabbatical year teaching Middle School and High School Band at the American Community School, Beirut last year but has since returned to his tenured post and heads the Jazz Department at the LHNCM now in his 30^thyear. Tom also holds the coveted “Selmer Artist” distinction (since 2015).

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March 28th, 2024 with the Joe Aouad Quartet

Performing with Julia Boutros in Bosra, Syria (Roman Amphitheater) in 1995. 13,000 attendees

“Resonance” Jazmine Bey Featuring Raed el Khazen @ STATION- Beirut Raed el Khazen – Guitar Reudi Felder – Bass Ricardo Abi Haila – Drums Thomas Hornig – Saxophone

Award-winning Selmer-artist Tom Hornig is a world-class saxophone player whose ability to combine a jazz sensibility with Middle Eastern music traditions has made him an invaluable asset to some of the Middle East’s premier artists such as Charbel Rouhana, Ziad Rahbani and Hiba Tawaji. A profoundly creative composer and performer, Hornig is taking his unique skill set and artistry to the UAE, where has recently been granted the coveted golden visa. He is American and French educated and currently holds the position of professor at the Lebanese Conservatory in Beirut.

IWAH @ Salon Beyrouth