Music, my therapy [Episode 8]

2023-06-05T03:08:22.404Z

Highlights: In 1990, Yannick Noah definitively stopped tennis, marking the end of an era in his life. Now captain of the France tennis team, he feels the need to reinvent himself. He decided to give life to another of his wildest dreams: to become a singer. He agreed to confide as never before about his childhood dreams, his memories of champion and his new life in Africa during an exceptional interview at the microphone of Jacques Vendroux. The tennis player has always sung everywhere, all the time. Music is his therapy. Only a few weeks later, the Roland-Garros champion released "Saga Africa"

[An unpublished testimony at the microphone of Jacques Vendroux for Europe 1] In 1990, Yannick Noah definitively stopped tennis, marking the end of an era in his life. Now captain of the France tennis team, he feels the need to reinvent himself. He then decided to give life to another of his wildest dreams: to become a singer. The tennis player has always sung everywhere, all the time. Music is his therapy. Only a few weeks later, the Roland-Garros champion released "Saga Africa", the song that would become the hit of the summer of 1991... In episode 8 of "Yannick Noah: between you and me", Yannick Noah confides in his reconversion into a French variety singer and explains what music means to him. For the 40th anniversary of Yannick Noah's victory at Roland-Garros, Europe 1, official radio of the tournament, went to Cameroon to meet the legend of French tennis. He agreed to confide as never before about his childhood dreams, his memories of champion and his new life in Africa during an exceptional interview at the microphone of Jacques Vendroux. Tags: Singer - Saga Africa - Simon Papa Tara - Music - Stade de France - Robert Goldman Credits: "Yannick Noah, between you and me". An exceptional testimony collected by Jacques Vendroux in Cameroon for Europe 1. Production Europe 1 Studio : Sébastien Guyot Production and artistic direction: Xavier Jolly Communication Coordination: Kelly Decroix Distribution and writing: Eloïse Bertil with the editorial staff of Europe1.fr Visual Art direction: Sidonie Mangin Photo credits: ©BENJAMIN AUGER/PARIS MATCH/SCOOP Europe 1 Archives: Sylvaine Denis, Laetitia Casanova, Benoît Muckensturm