Silvina Moreno (born September 8, 1987) is an Argentine
singer
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,
instrumentalist
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and
composer
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. Her career includes five albums, she has had three nominations for the
Gardel Awards and she is currently an artist for the record label
Sony Music Argentina.
Biography
Moreno received her college education at
Berklee
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, where she appeared in high-profile concerts.
She was subsequently chosen to perform at three graduation ceremonies at the Agganis Arena in
Boston
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, in front of renowned artists such as
Juan Luis Guerra
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,
Smokey Robinson
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,
Angelique Kidjo
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Michael McDonald,
Paco De Lucía
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and
Chucho Valdés
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.
During the aforementioned years she formed her roots in
Brooklyn
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and
London
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, resulting in an artistic combination with her South American roots. In this way she began to venture into an experimental genre that included variants of North American and English indie pop/rock (
Ingrid Michaelson
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,
Florence + The Machine
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,
Sia,
Lily Allen
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Kate Nash
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St. Vincent
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) and Latin American singer-songwriters (
Jorge Drexler
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,
Kevin Johansen,
Gustavo Cerat).
Her music is characterized by telling and defending narrative stories with a marked focus on the song and composition itself.
In terms of style, Silvina displays a fresh compositional essence with a path of more than ten years travelled within the music industry.
She shared the stage with
Jorge Drexler
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,
Natalia Lafourcade
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,
Ximena Sarinana,
Carlos Rivera
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Early life
Rivera w ...
and
Paty Cantu. In addition, she opened for notable artists such as
Ed Sheeran
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,
Alicia Keys
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,
Gilberto Gil
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and
Harry Styles
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.
Lastly, she shared the stage with Oscar-winning singer-songwriter
Jorge Drexler
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In 2004, Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award, which he won for composing the song " Al Otro Lado del Río" f ...
and sang alongside ten-time Grammy Award winner
Bobby McFerrin
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.
Musical career
After graduating from higher education, she decided to work on her professional career, releasing her debut album titled "Mañana", which was released in 2011 as an
independent production. It was recorded in
New York
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and was produced by her and the indie recording engineer Jeff Fettig. In the reissue Alejandro Pont Lezica was in charge of the integral artistic production. It has 10 original compositions that reveal her musical imagination. Through this album Moreno had the opportunity to open concerts for different figures such as
Gilberto Gil
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,
Coti
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, Estelares y
Alicia Keys
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.
Her second album, titled "Real", was recorded simultaneously in studios in
Buenos Aires
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and
New York City
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, and mastered in
London
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, and was released in 2015. It contains fifteen songs of his own authorship that were musically co-produced by
Nicolás Guerrieri and the duo and .
On 3 March 2017, she released the single "Frío En los Pies" with
Kevin Johansen. This single was the first preview of her third album, "Sofá." The latter features twelve songs of her own authorship and was produced by
Eduardo Cabra of
Calle 13. The song "Cuídame," which is part of the aforementioned album, would become one of the author's best-known works, surpassing twenty million views on
digital platforms.
In 2019 she released her fourth album titled "Herminia" with works alongside Nico Cotton and .
In 2022 she released her fifth album entitled "Selva" and presented it for the first time in an emblematic space on
Avenida Corrientes
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, the appointment was at the
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. She was also part of the Concert with Refugees for
Telefe
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and
ACNUR.
Discography
* ''Mañana'' (2012)
* ''Real'' (2015)
* ''Sofá'' (2017)
* ''Herminia'' (2019)
* ''Selva'' (2022)
Awards and nominations
References
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Living people
1987 births
Musicians from Buenos Aires
Spanish-language singers
Argentine women singers
Argentine women singer-songwriters
Argentine women artists
21st-century Argentine women musicians
Berklee College of Music alumni