Avi Kaplan

Recognized by his deep bass voice, American singer-songwriter Avriel Benjamin Kaplan (April 17, 1989) first jumped to the spotlight as a member of the award-winning a cappella folk group Pentatonix. Born and raised in Visalia, California, Kaplan started singing from a very early age, inspired by both his love of folk music and nature. With time, he became a highly versatile vocal performer who could effortlessly delve into different genres like jazz and opera. Avi Kaplan joined Pentatonix in 2011 as the group embarked on a successful career that included a win on the third season of reality music competition The Sing-Off, and three consecutive Grammy Awards in 2015, 2016, and 2017. That same year, he announced both his departure from the band and the release of “Fields and Pier,” the debut single of his new project Avriel & the Sequoias. After dropping a first EP titled Sage & Stone in 2017, Kaplan went on his first European tour in 2019 and issued the singles “Change on the Rise,” “Otherside,” “The Summit,” and “Aberdeen.” I’ll Get By, his full-length debut, arrived in 2020.