Born to Armenian parents in Lyon on April 9, 1957, André Manoukian learned to play the piano and the violin and went to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1977. A classically trained pianist, he became interested in jazz and formed a big band when, in 1983, he discovered the singer Liane Foly, and became her accompanist, songwriter, producer and companion until 1995. His experience as a session musician in song and jazz, alongside Michel Petrucciani, Richard Galliano, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud, Diane Dufresne, Nicole Croisille, Dick Rivers, Camille Bazbaz and Malia, led to a place as a juror on the popular TV talent show Nouvelle star (2003-2012), which brought him to the attention of the general public. He founded his own label Va Savoir, under which the instrumental album Inkala (2008) was released, and appeared on television as a presenter and actor. In 2010, the album So in Love brings together jazz standards performed by Anaïs, Camélia Jordana, Helena Noguerra, Emily Loizeau, Cocoon, China Moses and Tété. André Manoukian is a television presenter on La France a un incroyable talent, La Vie secrète des chansons and the Eurovision Song Contest, a radio commentator and founder of the Cosmojazz festival in 2010. He also composes for the cinema and produced the albums Melanchology (2011), Apatride (2017) and Les Pianos de Gainsbourg (2021), which features Melody Gardot, Isabelle Adjani, Rosemary Standley, Élodie Frégé, Camille Lellouche and Camélia Jordana.
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