Lilianne Doukhan is Associate Professor of Music History and Literature at Andrews University. Born in Switzerland, she began piano study at age 4 in Vienna and for the next 20 years pursued musical studies in Zurich, Geneva, and Strasbourg while living the nomadic life of a pastor's daughter. In 1970 Doukhan received her diploma and a first prize in piano performance at the Strasbourg Music Conservatory.

During that time Doukhan also earned a college degree in humanities, taught in Switzerland and France, and married theology student Jacques Doukhan. They subsequently lived in Algeria, Israel, Mauritius, and the United States, where she taught, held music workshops and directed church music. She earned a master's degree in music history from Andrews University and then later returned in 1984 when her husband accepted a position in the Old Testament Department of the Seminary at AU.

Doukhan, who graduated from Michigan State University with a Ph.D. in musicology, has taught at AU since 1992. She occupied the Oliver S. Beltz Chair for Worship and Church Music in the SDA Theological Seminary at AU for a number of years. Along with her extensive background in keyboard, church music, music history, theory, and hymnology, she brings a rich multicultural life experience to her work at AU.

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