Stéphane is first of all a charming misunderstanding. Because inevitably, at the first evocation, we think of a man in his forties with a beard, we see a sales manager or a mid-mountain guide. Failed: Stéphane, in this case, is a 26-year-old young musician – and yes, she really wears this first name in life. Fortunately, the confusion has had time to dissipate over the past two years and the release of Pain I flee, a title that catapulted the Genevan from French radio to the big stages, opening for Florent Pagny as well as Vianney. A whirlwind start for the artist, with a career as unusual as his epicene first name. We find Stéphane this month on the bill of the Festival Voix de Fête in Geneva, where she carries her frank and tender pop over the shoulder.
