André Manoukian
André Manoukian - Crédit Antoine Jaussaud
André Manoukian | © Emmanuelle NEMOZ

André Manoukian

Jazz

France

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Notes that love one another

[ A history of music as you've never heard it ]

''Did you know that the first microgroove was in invented in an egyptian pyramid ?"
"Why do singers with high-pitched voices drive girls crazy ?"
"Is the expression ''Dumb like a tenor'' justified by the laws of acoustics ?"
"How did the execution of Robespierre trigger the birth of Jazz ?''

André Manoukian, alone at his piano, provides some answers to these fundamental questions.
He reveals the secrets of the great composers, and explains how to express your feelings in music.
Through his numerous love affairs with muses and sirens, full of pitfalls, or invoking in turn Pythagoras or Claude Francois, he tells with his whacky erudition a history of music as you've never heard it. 
You'll never listen to Sheila in the same way !
 

Anouch - (from piano solo to 4tet)

“Anouch was my grandmother.
In 1915, she walked 1000 km from Amasya to Deir es-Zor.
If she survived, it's because she had a big mouth and moved the Turkish commander of the convoy deporting her.
Anouch inspired the song that gives the album its title. Anouch was a hiker. Anouch, in Armenian, means sweet.
And just as well, music is sacred and... sweet.
This album is a story of resistance and resilience. It is the accomplishment of a rich journey, that of a man with an infinite musical culture, that of a passionate man, making the link between his personal, family and artistic history. It also brings to light a little-known facet of the man who is usually so reluctant to confide in us about his family history.
Currently on tour, André is preparing a second part of Anouch, to be published in autumn 2025. In parallel, a book retracing the story will be released in January 2025.
André Manoukian takes us back to the Levant of his ancestors.

(Line up; Piano, violoncelle, tablas)

Between duel and duo Jean-Francois Zygel and André Manoukian 

No holds barred in the duel between André Manoukian and Jean-François Zygel. When it comes to repartee (pianistic and verbal), the two protagonists are not to be outdone!  But don't worry, the battle is rather good-natured and light-hearted!

Each at his own keyboard, sometimes adversaries, sometimes accomplices, the two musicians play a furious game of notes. Nourished by variations and improvisations, their tribulations cross paths with Bach, Beethoven, Brel, Bill Evans, Mozart and Duke Ellington. André Manoukian and Jean-François Zygel are both gifted with words, piano, humor, expression, a passion for music and an extraordinary talent for transmission. There's no doubt about it: they have fun on stage, and they'll have fun for you too.

 

News

New album "ANOUCH" the sequel to be released in autumn 2025