André Manoukian

Known for ActingBorn 1957-04-09 (age 69)Lyon, Rhône, France

André Antranik Manoukian (Armenian: Անդրե Անդրանիկ Մանուկյան; born 9 April 1957 in Lyon) is a French songwriter, arranger, jazz musician and actor of Armenian descent. Born in Lyon, France, Manoukian is of Armenian descent. He began playing the piano when he was seven years old. Later, when he was a student, he sold organs in a shop to earn money. At 20, he studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After the basics he studied musical composition, arrangement and harmony. Upon returning to France Manoukian started a jazz band called Horn Stuff. At the same time he composed for female singers and two jazz-funk albums were recorded. He was also approached to join the band of the singer Michèle Torr. In 1983 he met the singer Liane Foly and in addition to becoming her partner, he composed her first successes, including Au fur et à mesure and Doucement. He also wrote for such 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 completed the musical arrangement and composition for films including Quatre étoiles et Jean-Philippe. He is currently well known by the general public for being on the M6 reality TV series, Nouvelle Star (New Star). He has been on the jury since the first season along with Marianne James, Manu Katché and Dove Attia. During transmission he is the "poet" and philosopher juror. He is a member of the jury of Nouvelle Star series 6, besides singers Sinclair and Lio and the music journalist Philippe Manoeuvre. In 2004 he did dubbing in the DVD bonus of Shrek II, where he dubbed one of the jurors of the singing competition. He was also in the transmission of T'empêches tout le monde de dormir (You stop everyone sleeping) on M6 presented by Marc-Olivier Fogiel where he portrayed in his manner the "Psycho-erotico-cosmico-musical" of the guests by translating the name of a personality in shorthand notes with a melody which he composed and played on the synthesizer. On 5 February 2007, Manoukian presented the Globes de Cristal besides Elisabeth Quin on Paris Première. Since 21 February 2007 he has presented Dédé les doigts de fée (Dede nimble fingers) on Paris Première, a program about guests who have different music backgrounds. For him, their life is a song recorded on a multi-track. To better portray his guests, Manoukian invites them to recount their lives in a real recording studio and he then composes a novel piece of music based on their stories. In the same year Manoukian composed the new Album (music) for Beverly, a contestant in Nouvelle Star 4 and he also accompanied Miss Dominique at the piano during some of her concerts. His first book La Mécanique des Fluides (Fluid Mechanics) was released in February 2008. The book is an autobiography in the form of a monologue mainly tracing his artistic career as a pianist and a composer as well as his artistic and emotional life. In 2011, he was one of the contestants during the first season of Danse avec les stars. With his partner Candice Pascal, he finished in the 8th position (last). ... Source: Article "André Manoukian" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Open Bar

The Unexpected Getaway

La vie secrète des chansons

The Unexpected Getaway

Château par André Manoukian

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Fais pas ci, fais pas ça

La Boîte à secrets

Starring Grandma

Danse avec les stars

Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac

Capitaine Marleau

C à vous

Sixty-nine

The Pianist's Choice

Jean-Philippe

Piège Blanc

Télématin

Tour de Force

Quatre étoiles

Off Prime

Alexandra Ehle

Fonzy

Panique dans l'oreillette

Quelle époque !

Moi et ses ex

Salut les Terriens !

La fête de la chanson française - 20 ans d'émotions

HMC : Habillage, Maquillage, Coiffure

André Manoukian 4tet, Balkanes and Dafné Kritharas - Jazz sous les Pommiers 2024

Le tango dans tous ses états

En société

Vitamine C

The Chase France

Piquantes !

Les enfants de la musique

JoeyStarr, l'enfant terrible

La Fête De La Chanson Française