Giorgio Tuinfort

Giorgio Hesdey Tuinfort (born 30 April 1981) is a Dutch record producer and songwriter.

He is best known for his production work for Senegalese-American singer Akon and French DJ David Guetta.

Born in Suriname, Tuinfort moved to the Netherlands at nine months old.

His musical career began at age four, after he attended a special music class for toddlers.

After being touted a "musical promise", he was admitted to the Young Talent Class of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague at the age of 11.

Tuinfort then studied Classical music, with his major instrument being the piano.

Tuinfort's production and composition abilities were first discovered at the age of 16 by Rutger “Rutti” Kroese, who gave him the platform to work with well-established Dutch artists such as Re-Play, Brace, Ebon-E, Negativ and Lange Frans & Baas B.

Through this, Tuinfort became a sought-after name in local music production.

Subsequently, Tuinfort embarked on an international career and moved to the United States to work with then upcoming Senegalese American recording artist Akon.

As his frequent co-producer, he saw commercial success with contributions to the singer's singles including "“Right Now (Na, Na, Na)", "Beautiful", and "What You Got".

In the years following he collaborated with numerous artists including Gwen Stefani, Michael Jackson, Sia, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston and Lionel Richie among many others.

He began collaborating with French DJ David Guetta in 2009, and saw further success blending EDM with pop and urban music.

This resulted in him contributing to Guetta's singles such as "Who's That Chick?" with Rihanna, "One Last Time" with Ariana Grande and "Titanium" with Sia.

Tuinfort, together with Franck van der Heijden, is the composer of the 2011 UEFA Nations League theme song, which was lauded by critics as one of the best contemporary classical pieces of modern time.

In 2015, Giorgio was commended by the Dutch royal family as recognition to his achievements and contribution to Dutch music on an international scale.

Giorgio is a Spotify Secret Genius

Tuinfort is part of the trio which created StemDrop, a new evolution in global music collaboration.

StemDrop launches a song with one of the greatest songwriters online via TikTok.

TikTok creators globally are exclusively provided with music stems and invited to produce their own versions of the brand-new song.

StemDrop is a collaboration between Syco Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Republic Records.

Drop #001 was launched on October 19, 2022.

It is the song “Red Light”, written by the hit-making team Max Martin, Savan Kotecha and Ali Payami.

Giorgio is known for avoiding the limelight and not being present on social media, citing "Music should speak for itself".

Bolletjes Blues – Welkom in ons leven featuring Derenzo, Kimo, Mr Probz, Negativ, Raymzter

Brace – Cupido

Brace – Dilemma

Brace – Dit ben ik featuring Brainpower

Tuinfort composed musical themes for the UEFA 2016 European Football Championships.

Aside from the title song with David Guetta, Tuinfort also composed classical renditions which were recorded by the 130-piece Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and received international praise.

Giorgio once again composed all music for the UEFA Euro 2020 including the official song of the tournament ‘We Are the People’ together with Martin Garrix, Bono and The Edge.

In the interim Giorgio has showed his intercontinental abilities with successes on both Japanese and Indian soil.

He co-produced ‘Scarlet’ for the Japanese group J Soul Brothers II, which became a major success and reached the number one position on the Japanese charts.

In India he co-produced “Chammak Challo” for the Bollywood film Ra.One.

The song was named the most downloaded song and video of the year when released, winning a Merchi “Song of the Year” Award.

When asked, Giorgio still mentions Classical Music as the "Love of his Life" and expresses his ambitions to release his own music in 2023.

Giorgio has written- and produced for the world most renowned artists, amongst them Akon, David Guetta, Michael Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, Sia, Lady Gaga, Martin Garrix, Avicii, Ariana Grande, Céline Dion, Charlie Puth, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Usher, Lionel Richie and Sean Paul.

Giorgio was nominated for a Grammy Award four times, winning twice.

He won the prestigious BMI Songwriter Award an unprecedented 30 times.

He is recipient of the Buma Export Award (an award given to Dutch composers who have sold the most records abroad).

He was also awarded the Golden Harp (Dutch music accomplishment award) and a Gouden Kalf (Dutch equivalent of the Oscars) for his music score for the Dutch film Bolletjes Blues.