Proms 2025 Arooj Aftab and Ibrahim Maalouf

Grammy-winning artist Arooj Aftab is breaking new ground with her captivating, eclectic melting-pot of influences from jazz, folk, pop, blues and South Asian classical. For her Proms debut tonight, Aftab collaborates with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra to explore her distinctive sound on a symphonic scale.

French-Lebanese trumpeter, composer and producer Ibrahim Maalouf opens the concert in collaboration with the BBC Singers and BBC SO. His unique sound blends a wide range of influences from Middle Eastern melodies to jazz, Latin jazz and African rhythms, performed with a custom-made quarter-tone trumpet designed by Maalouf’s father.

There will be one interval