Nahuel Pennisi (born October 19, 1990) is an

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performing musician and songwriter. He has released three studio albums, won three Gardel Awards and received three Latin Grammy Award nominations.

Early life

Pennisi was born in October 19, 1990, in Florencio Varela,

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. 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

becoming a full-time musician after finishing high school.

Career

In 2009, he participated for the first time at the

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, a

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festival where he met the guitarist Luis Salinas who invited him to perform as a guest for one of his shows. In 2012, he released the album ''El Sueño de la Canción'' independently which included collaborations with musicians such as Luis Salinas,

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and Popi Spatocco. On December 11, 2015, he released his debut

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titled ''Primavera'' through

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, the record was produced by Popi Spatocco and Matías Zapata and featured collaborations with artists like Franco Luciani, Hernán Langer and

. The album also includes cover versions of the songs "El Necio" by Silvio Rodríguez and "Oración del Remanso" by Jorge Fandermole. For the project, he won the

Gardel Award Gardel may refer to: People *Carlos Gardel (1890–1935), French Argentine/Uruguayan singer, songwriter, composer and actor and most prominent figure in history of tango *Julio Sánchez Gardel (1879–1937), Argentine dramatist and writer *Maximili ...

for Best New Folklore Artist and received a nomination for Best Folk Album at the

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, both in 2016. On August 11, 2017, he released ''Feliz'', his second studio album through

, the album consists of fourteen songs produced by Pablo Durand and composed by Pennisi and León Cuyé, it also includes a collaboration with

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singer

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, the project was recorded in live sessions with musicians such as guitarists

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and

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, bassist Jimmy Johnson, percussionist Alex Acuña and drummer

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. Thanks to the album, he won his second

, this time for Best Instrumental/Fusion/World Music Album, and received a nomination for

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at the

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. At the Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2020, Pennisi participated in the folkloric competition with the song "Avanzar" representing

, 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. 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

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. After releasing the singles "Compañera", "Volver", "Universo Paralelo" and the collaborations "Mundo" with Abel Pintos and "Viaje al pasado" with Mila Manes during 2020, Pennisi released his third studio album on December 4, 2020, titled ''Renacer''. The album consisted of thirteen songs, mostly produced by Julio Reyes Copello, both original and cover versions of songs from other artists like "

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", written by

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and performed by

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and "

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", written by Juan Luis Guerra and performed by

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. The album won Best Alternative Folklore Album at the 23rd Annual Gardel Awards.

Discography

* ''Primavera'' (2015) * ''Feliz'' (2017) * ''Renacer'' (2020)

Awards and nominations

Gardel Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

Note: At the

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, Justin Moshkevich and Nick Baxter received a nomination for Best Engineered Album as engineers of ''Feliz''.

References

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