Abel Pintos
| Abel Pintos | |
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Abel Pintos in concert, Córdoba, Argentina (2011).
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Abel Federico Pintos |
| Born |
May 11, 1984 Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
| Genres |
Folk Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Sony Music |
| Associated acts | León Gieco, Mercedes Sosa, Peteco Carabajal, Soledad Pastorutti, Luciano Pereyra, Los tipitos, Pedro Aznar |
| Website | abelpintos |
| Notable instruments | |
| Voice, guitar | |
Abel Pintos (born in Bahía Blanca, on May 11, 1984), is an Argentinian singer-songwriter. He started his solo career at the age of 13 with his album Para cantar he nacido (I Was Born To Sing), supported financially by León Gieco. After the release of four studio albums, he started writing his own songs that marked a departure from his folk style.
He rose to prominence with La llave (The Key), although the CD and DVD Sueño dorado (Golden Dream), which marked fifteen years in the music industry, was his best-selling record of 2012. Along with artists such as Soledad Pastorutti and Luciano Pereyra, Pintos has been dubbed as a promising rising star of Argentinian folk music.
He was awarded the Gold Gardel prize for his CD and DVD Sueño Dorado.
Abel Federico Pintos was born in Buenos Aires Province on May 11, 1984 in the city of Bahía Blanca, but was brought up in Cutra Có, Neuquén Province. He made his first steps into music at the age of 7, when he was chosen to sing at a commemoration event for José de San Martín taking place at his school. In the audience was a representative from the municipal government who, impressed by his voice, invited Pintos to sing at another event commemorating the founding of Ingeniero White, his town in the south of Buenos Aires province. He performed three songs at this event: one by Víctor Heredia, another by León Gieco, and the third by Horacio Guarany. Following this performance he started to gain recognition, and launched his musical career thereafter. His early career was boosted by a string of lucky breaks: first, tango singer Raúl Lavié travelled to Bahía Blanca on a tour called Tango en la Bahía ("Tango by the bay"), where he heard Pintos sing. On that day, Pintos had a demo-tape of his recordings and gave it to Lavié who in turn handed it on to Pity Iñurrigarro, then producer for León Gieco. Iñurrigarro organised a record deal with Sony Music through his producer Abraxas.
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