André Manoukian - Helena Noguerra

André Manoukian is a French jazz musician, composer, and producer who made his full-length solo album debut in 2008 and is best known as one of the judges of the television reality show Nouvelle Star. Born of Armenian heritage in Lyon on April 9, 1957, he began learning the piano at age seven and later studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. His professional career as a composer and producer took flight in the 1980s in tandem with French singer Liane Foly. Credited with composition, production, arrangement, and instrumentation, Manoukain collaborated with Foly not o...