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André Manoukian

1957-04-09 (67 years old) in 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.

Movies

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The Pianist's Choice
0 %|Jan 29, 2025
Drama, History, Music
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Sixty-nine
60 %|Jul 24, 2024
Comedy
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Le tango dans tous ses états
0 %|Apr 5, 2023
Music
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Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
75 %|Dec 24, 2022
Documentary, TV Movie
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Starring Grandma
65 %|Oct 13, 2020
Comedy, Family
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Piège blanc
51 %|Mar 15, 2015
Adventure, TV Movie
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Moi et ses ex
37 %|Jun 15, 2011
Romance, Comedy

Series

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En société
0 %|Sep 17, 2023
Talk, Documentary
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Quelle époque !
50 %|Sep 24, 2022
Talk
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Vitamine C
0 %|Oct 10, 2021
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The Chase France
0 %|Jun 5, 2021
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Piquantes !
0 %|Oct 16, 2020
Comedy, Talk
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Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac
67 %|Mar 21, 2020
Reality
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Alexandra Ehle
56.67 %|Mar 27, 2018
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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La vie secrète des chansons
90 %|Oct 18, 2016
Documentary
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Capitaine Marleau
58 %|Sep 15, 2015
Crime, Drama
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La Parenthèse inattendue
85 %|Oct 31, 2012
Talk
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Our dear neighbors
47 %|Jun 4, 2012
Family, Comedy
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Danse avec les stars
60 %|Feb 12, 2011
Reality
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Scènes de ménages
62 %|Nov 9, 2009
Comedy, Family, Talk
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Panique dans l'oreillette
64 %|Sep 6, 2008
Talk
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Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
75.83 %|Sep 8, 2007
Comedy, Family
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Salut les Terriens !
35 %|Nov 4, 2006
Reality, Talk
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Télématin
45 %|Jan 10, 1985
News
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Le Grand Échiquier
80 %|Jan 12, 1972
Reality