French Citizen International Phone: + 33 (0) 6 74 57 77 92

P i e r r e - A l a i n B A U D French citizen – International Phone: + 33 (0) 6 74 57 77 92 Bangladesh +8801825697050; India +919911180390; Pakistan +923345615213 e-mail: [email protected] & [email protected]; facebook ArtsNomades

* Trilingual: French, English, Spanish - Notions of Portuguese, Bengali and Urdu

* 35 years of professional stays in South Asia and Latin America * Master in Journalism & Ph. D. in Information & Communication Sciences (Universities of Grenoble and Mexico). Thesis published in Mexico and France. *International cultural promoter, focusing on South-Asian arts and music * Author of various books & numerous articles on South-Asian musical expressions, focusing on Sufi and sacred music - Latest significant releases: "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Voice of Faith”, Harper & Collins, India, 2015 (in English); “NFAK, Qawali Piyaam Rasaan”, Sang-e-Meel , Lahore, 2014 (in Urdu); “NFAK, le Messager du Qawwali” , Editions Demi Lune, Paris, 2008 (in French), The French initial version was awarded by the French ‘Charles Cros Music Academy’ as one of the three best music book of the 2008 year; “Sufi Soul vs Sufi Soap”, in “Folkore, the New Challenges”, Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 2014; and “Farida Parveen, Live in Holland” audio CD & booklet, 2011)

EXPERIENCE

In the field of INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION, for the past 35 years:

1) Designing and implementing international cultural and artistic programming. Organizing and following up international tours of artists from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and Latin America. Producing world music CDs

2) Administrating and managing international cultural structures and initiatives. Designing and monitoring budgets. Linking the artistic and the institutional fields. such as the design and the coordination of “Shonar Bangla, cultural season of Bangladesh in France”, at the request of HE the French Ambassador in Dhaka

3) Composing books, articles, Cd booklets, notes … as a researcher or a journalist. Presence on TV and radio. Developing communication tools

4) Developing research in Human sciences in Mexico & South-Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan India) Imparting academic lectures & cultural conferences on Sufi music, Music of Bangladesh, Islam in South-Asia

5) Coordinate seminars such as "Creolization of the music in the world" or "The realities of dance in Latin America"

6) Managing international cooperation relations and consulting with international development associations (Europe/Asia from South/Latin America). Partnerships and the be

7) Organizing and following up international NGO volunteer exchange programs

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES ART DIRECTOR / CONSULTANT References: Arts Nomades, France / South-Asia 2001 /today Théâtre de la Ville, Paris 2001 / 2010 Embassy of France in Bangladesh 2006 / 2008 Zaman production, Festival of the 38e Rugissants… 2002 / 2005 Biennale de la Danse (Lyon), Accords Croisés (Paris) 1998 / 2002

AUTHOR /JOURNALIST References: Arts Nomades (France),Sang-e-Meel n Sindh Univ(Pakistan), Harper & Collins (India)… 2008 /today Théâtre de la Ville, Paris 1994 / 2008 Ocora - Radio France, Long distance, Mondomix, World mag… 2004 / 2008

RESEARCH FELLOW References: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France / Sindh University, Pakistan 1999 / 2002 Ministries of Foreign Affairs, France & Mexico 1985 / 1988

CULTURAL ADMINISTRATOR Reference: Ass. Performance and Circus against AIDS /Cirque Nova 1995 / 1997 (1(er prix AFAA "Creating cultural employment abroad", 1996)

RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH ASIA, AND THEN CONSULTANT Reference : association Frères des Hommes - Europe, France / India - Pakistan - Bangladesh 1989 / 1995 association Service Civil International - France, Europe / India - Bangladesh 1982 / 1985 Recent significant PUBLICATIONS, mostly in French, some in English, Urdu n Spanish

* Personal books (in English, Urdu,French and Spanish): - " Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Voice of Faith”, Harper & Collins, India, 2015 (in English) - “ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Qawali Piyaam Rasaan”, Sang-e-Meel , Lahore, 2014 (in Urdu)

- « Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, le Messager du qawwali », Demi-Lune publishers, Paris, 2008

- « La danse au Mexique, art et pouvoir" » 217 p., L'Harmattan publishers, Paris, 1995 - « Una danza tan ansiada. "Danza en México como experiencia de comunicacion y poder", 206 p., ed. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico, 1992. Book selected as "libro de texto" (essential reading) in the Master of Arts in Choreography of the National Centre for Culture and the Arts (Mexico)

* CD booklets (mostly in French and English): - "Live in Holland, "Farida Parveen & Abdul Hakim Gazi,» Laser Vision & Arts Nomades, Dhaka, 2011 - "Naam kirtan, Bangladesh", Arts Nomades & Dhaka University, Dhaka, 2010 (English) - « Faqirs of Sindh," Pakistan ", Ocora - Radio France & Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, 2006 (French/ English) - "Live in Paris", Farida Parveen & Abdul Hakim Gazi », AUMC & Théâtre de la Ville, 2006 (English) - "Nazarana, Asif Ali Khan", Long Distance, Paris 2006 (French/ English) - "Homage to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan" , Network Medien, Frankfurt, 1998 (French/ English / German) - " From the ego to the divine" Pakistan”, in Cd ""Transversales"", Radio-France Int. / Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, 19985 (French)

* Program notes( in French): - Théâtre de la Ville (Paris) : the majority of Pakistani and Bangladeshi music programmes, as well as some of Azerbaijan, India, Iran and Uzbekistan, from 1994 to 2009 - 38e Rugissants Festival (Grenoble: the 41 performances of 2002 and 2003 Editions (+ Press Kit 2003)

* 'Cultural' articles ( in French): -"Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, une étoile filante", in Mondomix paper, n ° 23, July 2007 -"La folle voixdu Seigneur (Echos d’un festival d’art au Pakistan)" in World magazine, Paris, n ° 12, October-November 2005, -"Pakistan, Hiver 2004," in Mondomix paper, n ° 11, July-August 2005 -" "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali au risque de la modernité """, p. 25, in "Cahiers de musiques Traditionelles, n ° 9, Geneva, 1996

* Various (in French): -"Terra", introduction brochure to the exhibition of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, 8 pp., Frères des Hommes, Paris, 1st edition 1998 - new edition: 2002 - Presentation leaflets of Arts Nomades music production venture, 2002 onwards - "Un monde en mouvement qui contient tous les mondes, Chiapas1996", in Une seule terre magazi, Paris, 1996 -"L’après-Gandhi commence", in Politis, n ° 142, Paris, 1991 - "Théâtre & Cuiseurs solaires en Himalaya", in South-East Asia mag, Paris, 1984 & in Nouvelles de l’Inde, Paris, 1987 - "Le Bangladesh existe encore !", 8 pp., in Differences, Paris, 1982

* University releases (in French): - "Le Mexique en face de la transnationalisation des systèmes de production culturelle – La danse comme enjeu de communication", Ph. D recitation in Information and Communication Sciences. November 1987 at the Université Stendhal(Grenoble) - « L’information, nouvel enjeu du développement", Master degree's thesis in Information- Communication, ISIC, University of Bordeaux 3, 1983

* Limited dissemination ( in French): - "Les musiques soufies hindoustanies à l’épreuve de la mondialisation ", research report as a post PhD Romain Rolland fellow, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Sindh University (Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan) - "Islam au Pakistan", 20p., report from a one day lecture with Paris periphery social workers.