Jeff Manookian

Jeff Manookian (November 24, 1953 – July 10, 2021) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor from Salt Lake City, Utah.[1][2][3]

Manookian shared 1st prize in the 2017 International Piano Competition of the World Piano Teachers Association.[4] He was a recipient of commissions by the Barlow Endowment of Brigham Young University,[5][6] the Abramyan String Quartet[7] and the National Endowment for the Arts.[8]

Manookian had been Music Director of the Theatre Orchestra of Tucumán (Argentina),[9] Intermountain Classical Orchestra (Salt Lake City, Utah),[10] University of Utah Summer Arts Orchestra,[11] Westminster Chamber Orchestra (Salt Lake City, Utah),[12] and Artistic Director of the Oratorio Society of Utah (USA).[13]

References
  1. Jeff Manookian, Requiem Survey.
  2. "Salt Lake Symphony Guest Artist: Jeff Manookian". Salt Lake Symphony website. Salt Lake Symphony. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. "American Conductor Jeff Manookian Has Died, Aged 67". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. The Violin Channel. 16 July 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  4. "9th World Piano Conference (catalog)" (PDF). Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  5. "1999 Annual Report". Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  6. "2005 Annual Report". Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  7. Edward Reichel (April 29, 2001). "Abramyan Quartet to play firsts". Deseret News.
  8. "Salt Lake Symphony Guest Artist: Jeff Manookian". Salt Lake City Symphony. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  9. "Renowned pianist, composer and conductor Jeff Manookian joins the Utah Conservatory faculty". Andy Bernhard. Park Record. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  10. Edward Reichel (Dec 28, 1997). "Orchestra set to give Gershwin a grand 100th". Deseret News.
  11. Michael Herman. "American Symphonies: A Discography of CDs and LPs" (PDF). MusicWeb International. p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  12. Jo-Ann Wong (May 17, 1992). "WESTMINSTER ORCHESTRA WRAPS UP SEASON SATURDAY". Deseret News.
  13. Musical America: International directory of the performing arts. United States: Primedia Information. 2004. p. 364. ISBN 9781891131387.
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