Presentation by Tidiane Soumah
Brief Biography of the
PDG des Productions Tidiane World Music
J’y crois. I BELIEVE IT -
Nearly 37 years of careers 1987 March 2024 -
- Degree in Sociology
(Gamal Abdel Nasser University Guinea, 27th class)
- Organizational Leadership Training at HEC Montréal
- Founding member and President of UNIPROS, the University for the Promotion of Shows at the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry in 1987,
- Vice-President of USOGUI, the Union of Sociologists of Guinea.
- Consultant and Assistant to Info Com and Social Mobilization at UNICEF Guinea for 5 years from 90 to 96, (6 years at the United Nations)
- Administrative and Financial Director of Chetiba Promotion Agency from 90 to 92,
- General coordinator of the Guardian Angels project for the training of young people in the Niger public market in Conakry with the support of the US Embassy.
- Founding member and collaborator in 1993, of Productions Gris Gris ,
- CEO and Founding President of Tidiane World Music Productions, from 93 to present (30 years old)
- First executive producer of Guinea's biggest signing concert: Album Allah Nana by Ibro Diabate on September 18, 1993.
- Record payment in West Africa of 2,500,000 euros in fees, i.e. 1,500,000 euros for 65 foreign artists and 1,000,000 euros for Guinean artists with an available list.
- The largest presenter of music shows of the last 35 years of music in Africa.
- First presenter of urban music concerts in Guinea, from 1994
- Guinea's music show tour record on 3 occasions
- 123 Concerts 65% Guinean and 35% foreign in 30 years from 19930/2023
- In record fees, more than 10 billion fg alone to artists from Guinea in nearly 993 performances
- Organizer of the biggest concert of more than 100,000 people on behalf of VIVENDY on September 26, 2015 in Guinea.
- Obtained D'MBA 90 96 from the best entertainment agency in Guinea at the initiative of ladies in management
- Awarded the Special Jury Prize for Best Manager: Djembe d'Or 2002.
- Trophy for the Best Promoter of 2019 at the Victoires de la Musique Guinéenne.
Responsible for the development and programming of the African Music Hall in Canada: KOLA NOTE.
- Director of Programming for the Festival International des Nuits d'Afrique de Montréal for 7 years (2001-2007).
- Main character of a Reality TV series: Boulevard Saint Laurent with Radio Canada Television.
- Manager or International Agent of the Artist Sekouba Bambino since 2005 to 2010 New York,
- Visit more than 135 cities around the world.
- Consultant responsible for the programming of the international component of several festivals and major organizations in Angola and Tunisia since 2006 to 2010.
- Participation in the 6 most popular showbiz Womex in Europe.
- Member of the committee of the JUNO Awards in Canada, equivalent to the Grammy in the USA, the only African, in 2006.
- Founding President of FESTIRAAM: Festival International des Rythmes d'Afrique et des Antilles de Montréal since 2008.
- Founder of the Grand Bal Africain de Montréal: GRABAM PARTY.
- Agent for Alpha Blondy and the Solar System in Canada from 2004 to 2006
- Co-Manager of the Ballets Africains de Guinée since August 2018.
- President and Founder of the Patisou International Humanitarian Foundation "Les Partages Tidiane Soumah"
- Scheduled release of the Autobiographical Book in 2024: Tidiane Soumah, L'Enfant de Kaloum. by writer Djibril Kassomba Camara.
- Co-Producer, Co-Manager of the Ballets Africains de Guinée.
- Career capital in early 2087 at Gamal Abdel Nasser University: 2000 Guinean francs: 4 dollars, with a record turnover of at least 11 million US dollars over 37 years.