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]