Nahuel Pennisi

Born on October 19, 1990 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nahuel Pennisi demonstrated a flair for music from an early age, tinkering with the keyboard at four years old and later picking up the guitar and bass. After finding his instrument in the latter, he began playing locally in Buenos Aires while still at high school, becoming a fully-fledged musician after finishing his studies. A fortuitous meeting with Luis Salinas at the Cosquín folk Festival in 2006 helped to jumpstart his career and he dropped his guest-packed album in 2012. El Sueño de la Canción was released independently and featured collaborations with musicians including Luis Salinas, Teresa Parodi, Chango Spasiuk, and Popi Spatocc. His debut album proper, Primavera, arrived in 2015 on Sony Music, which was produced by Popi Spatocco, and included contributions from Teresa Parodi and others. The LP won him the Gardel Award for Best New Folklore Artist as well as a nomination for Best Folk Album at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, both in 2016. Nahuel Pennisi's second album for Sony, Feliz, came in 2017 and boasted a collaboration with flamenco singer Niña Pastori, also earning him another Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. He released his third album, the 13-track Renacer, in December 2020, which was mostly produced by Julio Reyes Copello and won him the Best Alternative Folklore Album at the 23rd Annual Gardel Awards in 2021.