Mateo Sujatovich (born 18 January 1991), also known for the musical project Conociendo Rusia, is an

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musician. As Conociendo Rusia he has released three albums, his homonymous debut in 2018, ''Cabildo y Juramento'' in 2019 and ''La Dirección'' in 2021. He has received several awards and nominations for the

Gardel Awards The Premios Gardel a la Música (originally called Premios Carlos Gardel), or just Premios Gardel (in English, the Gardel Awards), is an award presented by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (CAPIF) to recognize the bes ...

and Latin Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist at the

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Career

Sujatovich alongside his band Conociendo Rusia, whose name comes from his nickname "El Ruso", released his debut album ''Conociendo Rusia'' in 2018, accompanied by Nicolas Btesh (synthesizers and backing vocals), Guille Salort (drums) and Fran Azorai (keyboards). The next year, they released their second album, ''Cabildo y Juramento'', which featured production from Nicolás Cotton and arrangements by Leo Sujatovich, the album was nominated for Best Pop/Rock Album at the

. At the

of 2020, the project was nominated for Album of the Year while Cotton was nominated for Producer of the Year and Record Engineer of the Year with Pablo Lopez Ruiz. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band had to postpone their concert at the Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires and decided to make a series of virtual concerts under the name ''E-World Tour'' in 2020 to promote the second album. In 2020, they released "Tu Encanto", a collaboration with Argentine singer Fito Páez.

Influences

Among his influences, Sujatovich mentions the British band The Beatles alongside Argentine rock singers such as Luis Alberto Spinetta,

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and Gustavo Cerati.

Personal life

Sujatovich is the son of the Argentine musician and keyboardist of the band Spinetta Jade, Leo Sujatovich, with whom he shares a recording studio they called "Club Atlético Sujatovich". His sister is the singer and songwriter Luna Sujatovich. He was born in the Buenos Aires ''

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. He is of Jewish descent.

Discography

* ''Conociendo Rusia'' (2018) * ''Cabildo y Juramento'' (2019) * ''La Dirección'' (2021) * ''Jet Love'' (2024)

Awards and nominations

References

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