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Luciano Pereyra (born September 21, 1981 in Luján, Buenos Aires Province), is an Argentine singer.
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 for Christmas. The following year, he competed in a television program from the old ATC now Canal Siete. At age 9, he participated in Festilindo, a competition program oriented for children. When he was 10, he sang in the program Xuxa of León Gieco "Sólo le pido a Dios", which ten years later (2000) made him famous for singing to Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, representing Latin America in the Jubilee Youth.
Luciano recorded his first album in 1998 called Amaneciendo (Dawn), an album containing 13 songs with zamba 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.
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.
Descemer Bueno (b. 1971, Habana Vieja) is a Cuban singer, composer, and producer. His first professional gigs were playing bass with Santiago Feliú, one of Cuba’s greatest troubadours.
Bueno studied music in Cuba and became a music teacher before forming his jazz combo band Estado de Animo in 1990, which also included guitarist Elmer Ferrer and pianist Roberto Carcassés. His band encountered some success during the 90’s touring in Spain, Bolivia, Uruguay, Germany, and Argentina. Descemer also performed in the United States in 1998 with the jazz ensemble Column B.
During this period, Bueno was artist-in-residence at Stanford University in California, and spent a year teaching at the University of South Africa in Cape Town. In 1999, after moving to New York, Bueno became active in his hip-hop band Yerba Buena writing or co-writing most of the songs for their debut album "President Alien". Yerba Buena songs can be heard in several American movies and Pepsi commercials.
Bueno soon moved back to Cuba and began producing, arranging, and composing music for many young Cuban musicians including Haydée for Haydée Milanés, La Isla Milagrosa for William Vivanco, and Breathe for Yusa. He also composed part of the music for the film "Havana Blues", being in the group of winners of the 2006 Goya award for Best Original Music.. Several of Descemer's songs were in the soundtrack of "Habana Eva" (2010) by Venezuelan director Fina Torres, which won Best Film at New York International Latino Film Festival [1], and Best Film at Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival [2].