André Manoukian - La Sultane - Tournée

ANDRÉ MANOUKIAN – LA SULTANE Across 5 albums, André Manoukian draws inspiration from Armenian music as an inexhaustible source, its colours blending perfectly with modal jazz. His piano becomes

ANDRÉ MANOUKIAN – LA SULTANE

Across 5 albums, André Manoukian draws inspiration from Armenian music as an inexhaustible source, its colours blending perfectly with modal jazz. His piano becomes his intimate memory, his cultural heritage, a language of tenderness. Between East and West, his compositions are supported by the spectacular phrasing of Mosin Kawa's Indian tablas, Gilles Coquard's powerful double bass, Anissa Nehar's cajon, and the sumptuous violins of the Orchestre Appassionato conducted by Mathieu Herzog, arranged by Manoukian himself and Simon Cochard. A boundless horizon, Levantine arabesques like so many initiatory paths, labyrinths that seem to embrace the folds and intricacies of our memories. Finally, the voice of Arpi Alto, an Armenian diva, delivers two poignant lullabies.

» My Sultana, that's what my mother called my little sister before showering her with kisses. A Turkish word to express the overflowing love of Armenian mothers for their daughters. Boys would hear whispered: my Pasha. » André Manoukian