His works have been performmed throughout every major city in the United States, as well as in Armenia, France, Italy, Hungary, Norway, Republic of Georgia, Israel, etc. Born in Armenia, in 1981, Manukyan moved to live in the United States in 2002 and continued his music study, earning a Master of Music degree in composition from the California State University, Los Angeles. He has dozens of orchestral and chamber works to his credit, and is known especially for his music for string instruments. In 2008, Manukyan created an unprecedented project, called Musical Tribute to Scientists, which honors great scientific minds with original music and concerts dedicated to them.