Luciano Pereyra was born in the bonaerense town of Lujan, the September 21, 1981. He is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 singer.

Biography

His full name is Luciano Ariel Pereyra. When he was three years old, his parents noticed his talent for music and gave him a guitar

Guitar

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 for Christmas

Christmas

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. The following year, he competed in a television program

Television program

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 from the old ATC now Canal 7 Argentina

Canal 7 Argentina

Canal Siete, TV Pública or TV Pública Digital is an Argentine television network founded on October 17, 1951. Between 1979 and 1999, the network was known as Argentina Televisora Color . During the 1978 World Cup, it was known as A78TV.Owned, financed and operated by the Argentine State, Canal 7 is...

. At age 9, he participated in Festilindo, a competition program oriented for children. When he was 10, he sang in the agenda item Xuxa

Xuxa

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 de León Gieco

León Gieco

Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco is a pop-folk music composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and for lyrics with social and political connotations...

 Sólo le pido a Dios, which ten years later (2000) made him famous for singing to Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

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 at the Vatican

Vatican City

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, representing Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

 in the Jubilee Youth.

Music

Luciano recorded his first album in 1998 called Amaneciendo (Dawn), an album containing 13 songs with zambas rhythms, carnavalitos, waltzes, ballads and chacareras. His first hit was called Soy un inconciente (I'm an unconscious); this single eventually went quadruple platinum. In 1999 he performed a recital in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Opera

Teatro Opera

The Teatro Opera is a prominent cinema and theatre house in Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Overview:The Opera Theatre was developed in 1871 by Antonio Petalardo, a local businessman who foresaw a need for popular theatre catering to the city's booming population in subsequent years...

.

March, 2000 saw the release of the second album: Recordándote (Reminding), including the song Sólo le pido a Dios (Just pray to God) and songs written by himself. The record was at the top of national ranking for three consecutive weeks.

In 2001 he was chosen to sing the Argentine National Anthem during the farewell match tribute to Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

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.

He has sung duets with artists such as Rodrigo Bueno

Rodrigo Bueno

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, Soledad Pastorutti

Soledad Pastorutti

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 and Alejandro Lerner

Alejandro Lerner

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. In June 2002 Pereyra released his third CD entitled Soy Tuyo (I'm yours) a disk that contains more of a bolero and tango influence. He toured South America

South America

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 and performed concerts for 6 nights at the Teatro Gran Rex.

In 2003 Pereyra participated in the film

Film

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 Tus ojos brillaban (Your eyes sparkled), a year later he worked in the comedy pensioners. On June 22 that year he released Luciano, with songs written by himself such as Perdóname (I'm Sorry).

In November, 2006, he released the disc Dispuesto a amarte (Willing to love), the fifth album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 of his career, with the theme Porque aún te amo (Because I love you) as a first cut of circulation.

In November 2008, Pereyra released No puedo (I can't), lyrics and music also composed music by Luciano Pereyra, with a corresponding video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

, with the special participation of the model Florencia Torrente. Dispuesto a amarte (Willing to love you) is a disc that contains a more romantic theme, and was influenced by Rudy Perez, a producer and composer who had worked with artists Christian Castro, Chayanne

Chayanne

Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...

, Luis Fonsi

Luis Fonsi

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...

, and Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

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.

Awards

Consecration in the National Festival of Dressage and Folklore Jesus Maria (1999).

Revelation Festival Baradero

Baradero

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 (1999).

Consecration Cosquín Festival

Cosquín Festival

The Cosquín Folk Festival is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America....

(2000).