INTERVIEW
"I didn't want to do like all friends do: a concert and we play his songs." For the duration of the confinement, planned until May 11 at least, André Manoukian wanted to innovate. Every evening from 6 p.m., Monday to Friday, the author and composer meet his fans on his Facebook page to play piano pieces taken from the first and last names of his fans. "I had fun. I made an app that transforms the letters of your first name into a melody and everyone ends up with their personalized melody. So, I do it live with people," he says by phone. Tuesday in L'Équipée sauvage on Europe 1.
"It's even inspiring"
"I wanted to be interactive with people," he adds by way of explanation about the launch of his application called My Melody. "It's been a while since I've been bingeing on the relationship between letters and musical notes. I try to translate everything into music", continues André Manoukian. "On Facebook, it's easy. I see the first names and [my fans] say to me: 'Do you want to name my little girl?' And I play it, I analyze it and it's even inspiring. "
Demonstration made with the first and last name of our columnist Eva Roque as you can listen to it with the video of the tweet below:
Nice demonstration signed @andremanou for @ roqueevapic.twitter.com / oYLZsbHppz
- Europe 1 (@ Europe1) April 14, 2020>> Find all of Matthieu Noël's programs in replay and podcast here
"I don't know how to make it short"
The key: concerts with a minimum duration of half an hour and often approaching a full hour. "The problem is that I can't keep myself short," jokes the artist.
If he considers that the period is "fairly favorable for creation", he who railed because he was "constantly interrupted" in particular by media requests before, André Manoukian now has a more nuanced look at confinement. "After a week, I was almost starting to be exhausted. Forced recreation is not bad too," he concludes.