Claude Tahchy and his partner at Solicet, Tony Haswani, along with Mix FM radio station, are behind what has been touted as the event of the summer: Shakira’s first concert in Lebanon. Days before the over-$1million event, Executive sat down with the young producers to find out how an event of this magnitude comes together and what else is on the horizon, as they attempt to carve a place in the crowded and cut-throat field of event production in Lebanon. How did Shakira’s first concert in Lebanon come together? CT: It is not the issue of working with Shakira. The issue is how to build a portfolio and how to survive in Lebanon. We’ve been here for 16 years. I started at the company in 2001 as a volunteer and now I’m a partner. We’ve been trying to do big concerts but the problem is always the situation in Lebanon.
