André Manoukian was interviewed on Monday July 4 by Valérie Expert on South Radio. During this interview, the former member of the jury of the new star was questioned about his relationship with his companion Stephanie. And more precisely on the dedication he made to her in his new book On the road to jazz (following the success of On the roads of musice, released in 2021): “To Stephanie, who never comes to see me in concert.”
“Stéphanie is your partner? Why does she never come?” the journalist then wondered. “Absolutely. Bah because… I don’t know…” replied the 65-year-old singer, visibly overwhelmed by the question. But faced with the insistence of his interlocutor, he decided to say a little more. “I think all that gets her a little drunk, you know, there are people who come behind and all that (…) They hear me all day so, the songs, they know them by heart. So she comes very little, so every time she comes I appreciate it because her remarks are always very enriching for me” he explained.
“We met through music”
“Enriching remarks“, because Stéphanie also has experience in the musical world. Moreover, it is thanks to this common passion that the two lovebirds met. “We got to know each other through music. I wrote him an album which, alas, did not work. But, unlike all the other artists for whom I had invested, thrilled – and who all dumped me – Stéphanie stayed, while welcoming the singers with whom I was able to work after ” he said in an interview with Gala in 2021.
They have been living together for about 30 years now. HeThey have two children in common: Anton, 20, and Aris, 18. André Manoukian was already the father of a certain Julie, born of his former relationship with a named Sophie and now a director. The native of Lyon also went out with the singer Liane Foly, with whom he is still very close.