Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez (born July 19, 1974 in
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
) is an Argentine-Mexican singer, songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera is a romantic ballads duo consisting of Mexican singer-songwriter Leonel Garcia and Argentine singer-songwriter Noel Schajris. They formed in Mexico in 2000. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album ''Sin ...
until he and fellow singer and songwriter
Leonel García
Sin Bandera is a romantic ballads duo consisting of Mexican singer-songwriter Leonel Garcia and Argentine singer-songwriter Noel Schajris. They formed in Mexico in 2000. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album '' Sin ...
concluded their partnership in 2007. Schajris began his solo career in 2009 with the release of his first full-length solo album ''Uno No Es Uno'', which was received with critical and commercial success, reaching number 10 on ''Billboard''s
Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on ''Billboard'' magazine. It features Latin music
Latin music ( Portuguese and es, música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from ...
chart and number 27 on ''Billboard''s
Top Latin Albums
Top Latin Albums is a record chart published by ''Billboard'' magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all ''Billboard'' album charts, the chart is based ...
chart.
Personal
Noel moved to
Mexico
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in 1997 and later became a Mexican citizen. He married Karla Goudinoff on 21 April 2002, whom he divorced. On February 22, 2012, he married Panamanian model and TV host Gwendolyn Stevenson, and on September 12, 2013, they became parents of Emma.
He sang a quartet with
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
on his 2008 CD "Palabras Del Silencio". This quartet also included artists
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''.
He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...
and
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...
. In December 2008, Brian McKnight's Christmas album featured Schajris performing a verse in Spanish on the track 'Silent Night.' He's also co-written songs for artists like
Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández Abarca (; born 24 April 1971) is a Mexican singer.
Nicknamed as El Potrillo by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million records worldwide, making him one of the most successful Hispanic music artists. He is the ...
,
Yuridia
Yuridia Francisca Gaxiola Flores, commonly known as Yuridia, (born October 4, 1986) is a Mexican singer. She came in second place in the fourth season of the reality show ''La Academia'', which launched her career. In 2005, Yuridia released her d ...
, Paulina Rubio, Ednita Nazario, Fanny Lu, etc.
Noel recently volunteered in a charity organization called
Playing for Change
Playing For Change is a multimedia music project, featuring musicians and singers from across the globe, co-founded in 2002 by American Grammy award-winning music producer/engineer and award-winning film director Mark Johnson and film producer/ph ...
, which accepts donations to help build music schools for underprivileged children. The group records and films musicians from across the planet and posts videos on their website to try and unite the world through music. Noel appeared singing in the upbeat Playing for Change version of the Indian folk song 'Chanda Mama'. He is now a devotee of
Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan. Since his experience in the
Oneness Temple
Ekam – The Oneness Field is located at Varadaiahpalem in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is on the grounds of the ashram of Kalki Bhagavan, a godman who claims to be the final and future avatar of the Hindu deity, Kalki. The ...
, all of Spain and in the European countries have started to know this man.
He considers Ananda Giri from One World Academy
Ananda Giri.
Retrieved 2017-01-08. as his longtime spiritual mentor and one of his best friends. In 2010, he co-wrote some songs for Diego Torres' studio album ''Distinto
''Distinto'' is the seventh studio album (ninth overall) by Argentine latin pop singer Diego Torres, it was released on May 4, 2010, through Universal.
Album information
The album is entirely produced by Rafael Arcaute, who has a background in La ...
''. In March 2011, he was a judge in the television show Pequenos Gigantes.
Discography
* 2004: '' Cita En Las Nubes''
* 2009: '' Uno No Es Uno''
* 2011: '' Grandes Canciones''
* 2014: ''Verte Nacer''
References
External links
* AMG Biography: Noel Schajris
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1974 births
Living people
Musicians from Buenos Aires
Singers from Buenos Aires
Argentine emigrants to Mexico
Naturalized citizens of Mexico
Argentine people of Ukrainian descent
Argentine people of Spanish descent
Argentine male singer-songwriters
Argentine pianists
Mexican pianists
Sony Music Latin artists
Latin music songwriters
Male pianists
21st-century Argentine male singers
21st-century pianists