Nicolas Mazmanian

His music is interpreted by great soloists and conductors such as Lionel Bringuier, Julien Bénichou, Philippe Bender,Benjamin Levy, Guy Condette, the cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand, the mandolinist Vincent Beer-Demander and formations such as the Mid Atlantic Symphony (USA), the Philarmonic Orchestra of Marseille, the Regional Orchestra of Cannes, the Czech National Orchestra of Prague, the Pythéas Ensemble, the Alethéa Quartet, the Hymnis Choir. In the image of his idol, the filmmaker George Lucas, who has created a universe that draws from the myths and cultures of several countries, he considers himself a synthetic musician drawing his inspiration from classical music, traditional Armenian music, jazz, pop music, Hollywood sound and Asian music. Fascinated by arrangements, he orchestrated songs of the most famous Portuguese group Xutos y Pontapes for their 40 years career at the Altice Arena with the Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Osvaldo Ferreira. First prize of composition in the class of Georges Bœuf, he is also a pianist who won in 1997 the First prize as well as the public prize at the Henri Sauguet International Chamber Music Competition in Martigues. He was trained by Pierre Barbizet's disciples (Anne Ghirardelli, Frédéric Aguessy, Bernard D'Ascoli, Edouard Exerjean) and advised by prestigious pianists such as Jacques Rouvier, Jean Claude Pennetier, Georgy Sebok. It is published by HODY MUSIC (France)and the les productions d’ OZ (Canada)