Nahuel Pennisi

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Nahuel Pennisi
Background information
Born (1990-10-19) October 19, 1990 (age 33)
OriginBuenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)Performing musician, songwriter
Years active2012–present
LabelsSony Music

Nahuel Pennisi (born October 19, 1990) is an

Latin Grammy Award
nominations.

Early life

Pennisi was born in October 19, 1990, in Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is blind from birth and showed interest for music from an early age, he started to experiment with a keyboard at four years old, later teaching himself how to play the bass and guitar, forming a profound connection with the guitar being the instrument he usually plays in his music. At 16, while still being in high school, he started to play in the streets of Buenos Aires becoming a full-time musician after finishing high school.[2]

Career

In 2009, he participated for the first time at the

Gardel Award for Best New Folklore Artist and received a nomination for Best Folk Album at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, both in 2016.[5][6]

Pennisi performing with Julia Zenko.

On August 11, 2017, he released Feliz, his second studio album through

Gardel Award, this time for Best Instrumental/Fusion/World Music Album, and received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.[8][9]

At the Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2020, Pennisi participated in the folkloric competition with the song "Avanzar" representing Argentina, after receiving scores of 6,5 and 6,8 in the first two rounds, he won the first place in the competition with an average score of 6,8 and also won the award for Best Performer of that competition, both selected by a jury.[10][11] Also in 2020, he was featured in the song "Lo Que Yo en Ti Veo" from Mesa Para Dos, the seventh album by Puerto Rican singer Kany García, the song was nominated for Record of the Year at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards.[12]

After releasing the singles "Compañera", "Volver", "Universo Paralelo" and the collaborations "Mundo" with

23rd Annual Gardel Awards.[16]

Discography

  • Primavera (2015)
  • Feliz (2017)
  • Renacer (2020)

Awards and nominations

Gardel Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best New Folklore Artist Primavera Won [5]
2018 Best Instrumental/Fusion/World Music Album Feliz Won [8]
2020 Best Collaboration "Todavía" (with Kapanga) Nominated [17]
2021
 Best Alternative Folklore Album Renacer Won [16]

Latin Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Folk Album Primavera Nominated [6]
2018 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Feliz Nominated [9]
2020 Record of the Year "Lo Que Yo en Ti Veo" (with Kany García) Nominated [12]

Note: At the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Gustavo Borner, Justin Moshkevich and Nick Baxter received a nomination for Best Engineered Album as engineers of Feliz.

References

  1. ^ "Nahuel Pennisi". cmtv (in Spanish). Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nahuel Pennisi: Una voz y una historia que conmueven". Enperspectiva (in Spanish). March 22, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nahuel Pennisi presenta "El sueño de la canción"". El Camarín (in Spanish). Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nahuel Pennisi cumplió su primer sueño con el disco "Primavera"". Telam (in Spanish). January 29, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Premios Gardel 2016: todos los ganadores". La Nación (in Spanish). June 8, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Cobo, Leila (September 21, 2016). "Latin Grammys 2016 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  7. ^ "Escuchá 'Feliz', el nuevo álbum de Nahuel Pennisi". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). August 7, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Premios Gardel 2018: todos los ganadores". La Nación (in Spanish). May 28, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations" (PDF). latingrammy.com. September 21, 2018.
  10. ^ González, Francisca (December 3, 2019). "Revisa la lista de canciones que competirán en Viña 2020". FM Dos (in Spanish). Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Calderón, Consuelo (February 29, 2020). "Los ganadores de la Competencia Internacional y Folclórica en Viña 2020". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "21st Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards - Final Nominations" (PDF). Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. September 29, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  13. ^ "Nahuel Pennisi y Abel Pintos unen sus voces en "Mundo"". Billboard (in Spanish). November 26, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "Escuchá el hit de Mila Manes, la argentina elegida para competir en el Festival de Viña del Mar". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata (in Spanish). Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  15. ^ "Nahuel Pennisi: "Renacer es la palabra que me representa en este tiempo"". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). December 4, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Premios Gardel 2021: Conocé la lista completa de ganadores". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  17. ^ "Premios Gardel 2020: todos los nominados". La Nación. July 2, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
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