Sabine Quindou

{{short description|French journalist (born 1970)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sabine Quindou

| image = Sabine Quindou et Georges Pernoud.jpg

| caption = Quindou with Georges Pernoud in 2011

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Fort-de-France, Martinique

| nationality = French

| education = CELSA Paris

| occupation = TV presenter
Journalist

| credits = C'est pas sorcier
{{ill|Les Témoins d'Outre-mer|fr}}

| employer = France Télévisions

}}

Sabine Quindou (born July 16, 1970, Fort de France, Martinique) is a French journalist and presenter.{{Cite web |title=Sabine Quindou : Martinique A nu |url=http://martiniqueannu.com/martiniquais-celebre/sabine-quindou |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422013411/http://martiniqueannu.com/martiniquais-celebre/sabine-quindou |archive-date=2023-04-22 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=martiniqueannu.com}} Quindou is known for co-hosting the popular science TV show, C'est pas sorcier (It's not rocket science) with Jamy Gourmaud and Frédéric Courant, produced by France 3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.france.tv/france-3/|title=FRANCE 3 – Programmes, vidéos et replay – Pluzz FRANCE 3|website=www.france.tv|access-date=Mar 28, 2019}} She presented 188 episodes of C'est pas sorcier from 1999 to 2013.{{Cite web |date=2013-06-03 |title=Thau : une lagune fragile |url=http://c-est-pas-sorcier.france3.fr/?page=emission&id_article=1930 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603211951/http://c-est-pas-sorcier.france3.fr/?page=emission&id_article=1930 |archive-date=2013-06-03 |access-date=2023-11-08 |series=C'est pas sorcier}}{{Cite web |title=Sabine Quindou {{!}} Director |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1315577/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

She is also known for devising and staging shows popularising classical music, for example, working with the National Orchestra of Lyon and various soloists.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-21 |title=Sabine Quindou : "Avec C'est pas sorcier, j'ai découvert la vulgarisation et je l'applique à la musique classique" #MaParole |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/sabine-quindou-avec-c-est-pas-sorcier-j-ai-decouvert-la-vulgarisation-et-je-l-applique-a-la-musique-classique-maparole-1294464.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610054711/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/sabine-quindou-avec-c-est-pas-sorcier-j-ai-decouvert-la-vulgarisation-et-je-l-applique-a-la-musique-classique-maparole-1294464.html |archive-date=2023-06-10 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Outre-mer la 1ère |language=fr-FR}} In 2020, she wrote, directed and performed in Les petits Secrets des instruments, a weekly web series; each episode explores an item essential to a musician with the Orchestre National de Lyon, in partnership with Sabine Sorcières et Compagnie, her artistic company.{{Cite web |title=Les petits secrets des instruments {{!}} Auditorium – Orchestre National de Lyon |url=https://www.auditorium-lyon.com/fr/petits-secrets-instruments |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417192918/https://www.auditorium-lyon.com/fr/petits-secrets-instruments |archive-date=2021-04-17 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.auditorium-lyon.com}} She was also a presenter for a weekly magazine show about the world's seas and coastal places, Thalassa, on France 3 from 2011–2022.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=Thalassa (Saison 2021) |url=https://europe.tv5monde.com/fr/guide-tv/documentaires/thalassa-Saison-2021-643267 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108220125/https://europe.tv5monde.com/fr/guide-tv/documentaires/thalassa-Saison-2021-643267 |archive-date=2023-11-08 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=TV5MONDE Europe |language=fr}}

== Biography ==

Quindou gained her master's degree in contemporary history from CELSA Paris. She began her career as a reporter with France 2, Europe 1 and Agence France-Presse, before leaving to work in countries across Africa (Togo, Madagascar, Djibouti), reporting for RFO and TV5.{{Cite web |title=Sabine QUINDOU – Conférence et contact |url=https://simoneetnelson.com/annuaire/conferenciers/sabine-quindou/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606084519/https://simoneetnelson.com/annuaire/conferenciers/sabine-quindou/ |archive-date=2023-06-06 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Simone et Nelson |language=fr-FR}} In November 1998, she joined France 3 reporting for its magazine programme, C'est clair pour tout le monde (It's clear for all to see).{{Cite web |title=Sabine Quindou |url=http://evene.lefigaro.fr/celebre/biographie/sabine-quindou-19115.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114145736/http://evene.lefigaro.fr/celebre/biographie/sabine-quindou-19115.php |archive-date=2022-01-14 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Evene.fr |language=fr}}

In 2007, she presented France 5's Attention fragile, a program about the environment. In 2008, she toured the world recording Thalassa, a magazine programme about the seas of the world. At the same time, she directed documentaries for France Télévisions.

She co-presented Thalassa with Georges Pernoud and {{ill|Laurent Bignolas|fr}} during the 2011–2012 season.

In January 2017, she performed "Souffler n'est pas jouer" in Lyon, an interactive and educational music show, exploring musical instruments of the wind family. The show was performed with the brass and percussion section of Orchestre national de Lyon.{{Cite web |title=Souffler n'est pas jouer ! {{!}} Auditorium – Orchestre National de Lyon |url=https://www.auditorium-lyon.com/en/node/9718 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108222333/https://www.auditorium-lyon.com/en/node/9718 |archive-date=2023-11-08 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.auditorium-lyon.com}} In March 2018, she reunited with her old colleague Frédéric Courant to present the show “I love digital” at the Country-Hall in Liège (Belgium).

In an interview looking back on her work with Georges Pernoud, she has mentioned that she sees her educational shows as part of her life's work:{{Cite web |last=Quentin_Meyer |date=2021-02-11 |title=Sabine Quindou – « Les mers et les océans sont notre salut. » |url=https://combatlemedia.com/2021/02/11/sabine-quindou-les-mers-et-les-oceans-sont-notre-salut/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323141159/https://combatlemedia.com/2021/02/11/sabine-quindou-les-mers-et-les-oceans-sont-notre-salut/ |archive-date=2023-03-23 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Combat |language=fr-FR}}

{{Verse translation|La musique classique n’est pas réservée à une élite bourgeoise. Il arrive qu’un petit métis n’arrive pas à comprendre cela, parce qu’il se sent enfermé dans une catégorie. Je suis contre ça, mais je n’y arriverai pas seule. Je suis d’origine Martiniquaise, et je suis inspirée par le conte martiniquais du colibri qui ‘‘fait sa part’’ en essayant d’éteindre un incendie en puisant de l’eau avec un dé à coudre. Ce que je fais, c’est une goutte d’eau, mais c’est ma part.|Classical music is not reserved for a bourgeois elite. Sometimes a small child of mixed race can't understand that, because he feels trapped in a particular category. I'm fighting against this, but I can't do it alone. I'm of Martinican origin, and I'm inspired by a tale from Martinique, of the hummingbird who "does his bit" by trying to put out a fire by drawing water with a thimble. What I'm doing is a drop in the ocean, but I'm doing my bit.|lang=fr}}

The asteroid {{ill|(23890) Quindou|fr}}, discovered 22 September 1998 by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols, is named in her honour.{{Cite web |title=IAU Minor Planet Center: (23890) Quindou = 1998 SO35 = 1998 UV43 = 2000 CL22 |url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=23890 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827191209/http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=23890 |archive-date=2016-08-27 |website=The Minor Planet Center}} It is about {{Convert|2.9|km|mi}} in diameter, and orbits the sun beyond Mars.{{Cite web |title=23890 Quindou (1998 SO35) |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=23890+Quindou |access-date=July 28, 2019 |website=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov}}