Sunday, the host will say goodbye to the listeners of France Musique after 28 years on the air. “I am 68 years old, we quickly count,” he explains.
«It’s a well-considered decisionTaken during confinement. Frédéric Lodéon is about to leave Radio France. The host will bow out on Sunday at his last “crossroads”, a meeting of classical music lovers for 28 years on France Inter then on France Musique. “My father, and my spiritual father Rostropovich, died at the age of 80. I am 68 years old, we quickly count. We tell ourselves that life passes quickly“, He explained to AFP.
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“It will continue without me“, Emphasizes the one who will continue to”follow young artistsHe loves. “I did a lot to open the music to a lot of people. We talked about it in a very compassionate way, I wanted to talk about it like I talk to my friends” The management of France Musique welcomed in a press release “this outstanding storyteller” who “will have successfully opened up classical music to share it with the greatest number“, with those “two hours of discovery, served with verve and tasty humor».
“Classical music is much better than it was thirty years ago
After a brilliant career as a cellist and conductor, Frédéric Lodéon turned to the media, with the sponsorship of Jacques Chancel, by participating in “Large chessboardOn Antenne 2. He then hosted the program “Musique, Maestro!” on France 3, where he also presented The Victories of Classical Music for 17 years. The presenter started his daily life at “Carrefour de Lodéon” in 1992, the afternoon on France Inter, before moving to France Musique in 2014. Last season, the presenter had already lifted his foot by switching to a Sunday rhythm.
Office with 15,000 discs
«Classical music is much better than it was thirty years ago“, Welcomes the host. “You can listen to music everywhere, in festivals, in small towns (…) There has been a lot of desire to open music to the public, and the public has taken it over“, He emphasizes. “The only regret that I have is that I move away from these people whom I adore and who gave me a great affectionAt Radio France.
Frédéric Lodéon will leave the office with the 15,000 records he occupied at the Maison de la Radio. He wishes to devote time to his family, his passions (fishing, gastronomy) but also to writing. He is already collaborating on the future “Ideal Discotheque” of France Musique.
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