André Manoukian - La Sultane - Tournée

ANDRÉ MANOUKIAN – LA SULTANE After 5 albums, André Manoukian draws on Armenian music as an inexhaustible source, whose colours blend perfectly with modal jazz.

ANDRÉ MANOUKIAN – LA SULTANE

After 5 albums, André Manoukian draws on Armenian music as an inexhaustible source, whose colours blend 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 the Indian tablas of Mosin Kawa, the powerful double bass of Gilles Coquard, the cajón of Anissa Nehar, and the sumptuous violins of the Orchestre Appassionato conducted by Mathieu Herzog, arranged by himself and Simon Cochard. A horizon without borders, Levantine arabesques like so many initiatory routes, labyrinths that seem to follow the folds and creases of our memories. Finally, the voice of Arpi Alto, an Armenian diva, delivers two poignant lullabies.»

Ma Sultane is what my mother called my little sister before smothering her with kisses. A Turkish word expressing the overflowing love of Armenian mothers for their daughters. Boys could be heard murmuring: mon Pacha.»

André Manoukian