Jeff Manookian

{{Short description|American composer (1953–2021)}}

Jeff Manookian (November 24, 1953 – July 10, 2021) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor from Salt Lake City, Utah.[http://www.requiemsurvey.org/composers.php?id=1497 Jeff Manookian], Requiem Survey.{{cite web|url=http://www.saltlakesymphony.org/bio.php?fname=Jeff&lname=Manookian|title=Salt Lake Symphony Guest Artist: Jeff Manookian|work=Salt Lake Symphony website|publisher=Salt Lake Symphony|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105001/http://www.saltlakesymphony.org/bio.php?fname=Jeff&lname=Manookian|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=American Conductor Jeff Manookian Has Died, Aged 67 |url=https://theviolinchannel.com/american-conductor-jeff-manookian-has-died-aged-67/ |website=The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. |publisher=The Violin Channel |access-date=December 3, 2021 |date=16 July 2021}}

Manookian shared 1st prize in the 2017 International Piano Competition of the World Piano Teachers Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.wpta.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WPC2017Catalogue.pdf#page=10|title=9th World Piano Conference (catalog)|access-date=June 21, 2020}} He was a recipient of commissions by the Barlow Endowment of Brigham Young University,{{cite web |title=1999 Annual Report |url=https://barlow.byu.edu/barlow-history/1999-annual-report/ |website=Barlow Endowment for Music Composition |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622130847/https://barlow.byu.edu/barlow-history/1999-annual-report/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=2005 Annual Report |url=https://barlow.byu.edu/barlow-history/2005-annual-report/ |website=Barlow Endowment for Music Composition |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021135138/https://barlow.byu.edu/barlow-history/2005-annual-report/ |url-status=dead }} the Abramyan String Quartet{{cite news |author1=Edward Reichel |title=Abramyan Quartet to play firsts |url=https://www.deseret.com/2001/4/29/19583540/abramyan-quartet-to-play-firsts |agency=Deseret News |date=April 29, 2001}} and the National Endowment for the Arts.{{cite web |title=Salt Lake Symphony Guest Artist: Jeff Manookian |url=http://www.saltlakesymphony.org/bio.php?fname=Jeff&lname=Manookian |website=Salt Lake City Symphony |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105001/http://www.saltlakesymphony.org/bio.php?fname=Jeff&lname=Manookian |url-status=dead }}

Manookian had been Music Director of the Theatre Orchestra of Tucumán (Argentina),{{cite news |title=Renowned pianist, composer and conductor Jeff Manookian joins the Utah Conservatory faculty |url=https://www.parkrecord.com/entertainment/renowned-pianist-composer-and-conductor-jeff-manookian-joins-the-utah-conservatory-faculty/ |access-date=22 June 2020 |agency=Park Record |publisher=Andy Bernhard |date=10 June 2020}} Intermountain Classical Orchestra (Salt Lake City, Utah),{{cite news |author1=Edward Reichel |title=Orchestra set to give Gershwin a grand 100th |url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/12/28/19353854/orchestra-set-to-give-gershwin-a-grand-100th |agency=Deseret News |date=Dec 28, 1997}} University of Utah Summer Arts Orchestra,{{cite web |author1=Michael Herman |title=American Symphonies: A Discography of CDs and LPs |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ntl_discogs/American_Symphonies/American_symphonies_GO.pdf |website=MusicWeb International |page=93 |access-date=2020-06-22 |archive-date=2018-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120133/http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ntl_discogs/American_Symphonies/American_symphonies_GO.pdf |url-status=dead }} Westminster Chamber Orchestra (Salt Lake City, Utah),{{cite news |author1=Jo-Ann Wong |title=WESTMINSTER ORCHESTRA WRAPS UP SEASON SATURDAY |url=https://www.deseret.com/1992/5/17/18984564/westminster-orchestra-wraps-up-season-saturday |agency=Deseret News |date=May 17, 1992}} and Artistic Director of the Oratorio Society of Utah (USA).{{cite book |author= |title=Musical America: International directory of the performing arts|location=United States|publisher=Primedia Information|page=364|date=2004|isbn=9781891131387}}