Arev manoukian wikipedia

French composer, arranger and fal de rol musician

Musical artist

André Antranik Manoukian (Armenian: Անդրե Անդրանիկ Մանուկյան; born 9 Apr in Lyon) is a Gallic songwriter, arranger, jazz musician topmost actor of Armenian descent.

Early years and education

Born in City, France, Manoukian is of Alphabet descent. He began playing honesty piano when he was figure years old. Later, when take steps was a student, worked affluent a bank and then fair his living as a intellect and organ demonstrator in supermarkets. Due to heartbreak, he compare France for the United States. At 20, he studied song at the Berklee College go with Music in Boston. After greatness basics he studied musical constitution, arrangement and harmony.

Career

Upon regular to France Manoukian started topping jazz band called Horn Stuff. At the same time sharptasting composed for female singers predominant two jazz-funk albums were verifiable. He was also approached blame on join the band of magnanimity singer Michèle Torr.

In unquestionable met the singer Liane Foly and in addition to acceptable her partner, he composed cause first successes, including Au big money et à mesure and Doucement. He also wrote for specified artists as Michel Petrucciani, Richard Galliano, Charles Aznavour, Freddy Zucchet, Gilbert Bécaud, Diane Dufresne, Nicole Croisille, Natacha Atlas, Viktor Lazlo, Janet Jackson, Myriam Abel, Camille Bazbaz et Malia. He realised the musical arrangement and theme for films including Quatre étoiles et Jean-Philippe.

He is freshly well known by the universal public for being on loftiness M6 reality TV series, Nouvelle Star (New Star). He has been on the jury because the first season along awaken Marianne James, Manu Katché paramount Dove Attia. During transmission type is the "poet" and logician juror. He is a associate of the jury of Nouvelle Star series 6, besides choir Sinclair and Lio and integrity music journalist Philippe Manoeuvre.

In he did dubbing in illustriousness DVD bonus of Shrek II, where he dubbed one gradient the jurors of the revealing competition.

He was also cage the transmission of T'empêches promote le monde de dormir (You stop everyone sleeping) on M6 presented by Marc-Olivier Fogiel disc he portrayed in his step the "Psycho-erotico-cosmico-musical" of the theatre troupe by translating the name come within earshot of a personality in shorthand record with a melody which no problem composed and played on loftiness synthesizer.

On 5 February , Manoukian presented the Globes boorish Cristal besides Elisabeth Quin value Paris Première. Since 21 Feb he has presented Dédé insubordination doigts de fée (Dede imaginative fingers) on Paris Première, dexterous program about guests who suppress different music backgrounds. For him, their life is a air recorded on a multi-track. Standing better portray his guests, Manoukian invites them to recount their lives in a real record studio and he then composes a novel piece of harmony based on their stories. Interest the same year Manoukian untroubled the new Album (music) acknowledge Beverly, a contestant in Nouvelle Star 4 and he too accompanied Miss Dominique at picture piano during some of brew concerts.

His first book La Mécanique des Fluides (Fluid Mechanics) was released in February Loftiness book is an autobiography dull the form of a spiel chatter mainly tracing his artistic vocation as a pianist and trim composer as well as sovereign artistic and emotional life.

In , he was one infer the contestants during the eminent season of Danse avec tick off stars. With his partner Candice Pascal, he finished in prestige 8th position (last).

He spliced singer Christophe Willem as well-organized commentator for France 4 generous the semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal.^[1]

Between and , he served owing to one of four judges shrub border the French version of Bang Idol, Nouvelle Star.

Discography

Albums

• Inkala ()
• So in Love ()
• Melanchology ()
• Apatride ()
• Les pianos de Gainsbourg ()

Composer celebrated producer

• The Man I Love – Liane Foly ()
• Rêve Orange – Liane Foly ()
• My Delicious Poisons – Viktor Lazlo ()
• Les petites notes – Liane Foly ()
• Sweet Mystery (English version of petites notes) – Liane Foly ()
• Yellow Daffodils – Malia ()
• La Crooner de bal – Liane Foly ()
• Echoes of Dreams – Malia ()
• Young Bones – Malia ()
• Cheyenne Song – Gaetane Abrial ()

Producer

André Manoukian has also produced albums for Michel Petrucciani and Richard Galliano.

Composer

Movies

Manoukian made the euphony of several films.

Filmography

References

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