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{{Short description|Argentine cellist, composer and producer}}

{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| name = Sebastian Plano
| name = Sebastian Plano
| image = Sebastian-plano.jpg
| birth_name = Sebastian Plano
| birth_name = Sebastian Plano
| website = {{url|sebastianplano.com}}
| website = {{url|sebastianplano.com}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Decca Records|Mercury KX]]|[[Erased Tapes Records|Erased Tapes]]|[[Denovali Records|Denovali]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Mercury KX]]|[[Erased Tapes Records|Erased Tapes]]|[[Denovali Records|Denovali]]}}
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985}}
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985}}
| birth_place = [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]], [[Santa Fe, Argentina]]
| birth_place = [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]], [[Santa Fe, Argentina]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary classical]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/3494524|title=Sebastian Plano|website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>|[[Modern classical music|modern classical]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://headphonecommute.com/2019/05/20/sebastian-plano-verve-mercury-kx/|title=Sebastian Plano – Verve (Mercury KX)|date=20 May 2019|website=Headphone Commute|language=en-GB|url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary classical]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/3494524|title=Sebastian Plano|website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>|[[Modern classical music|modern classical]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://headphonecommute.com/2019/05/20/sebastian-plano-verve-mercury-kx/|title=Sebastian Plano – Verve (Mercury KX)|date=20 May 2019|website=Headphone Commute|language=en-GB|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Cello|piano|percussion}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Cello|Piano|Bandoneon|Percussion}}
| associated_acts = [[Ben Lukas Boysen]]
| associated_acts = [[Ben Lukas Boysen]]
}}
}}


'''Sebastian Plano''' (born 1985) is an Argentinian composer, producer and [[multi-instrumentalist]] based in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. His 2019 album ''Verve'' has been nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Album]] at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]]. He has composed the soundtrack for the video game [[Everything (video game)|Everything]] alongside [[Ben Lukas Boysen]].
'''Sebastian Plano''' (born 1985) is an Argentinian cellist, composer and producer based in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. His 2019 album ''Verve'' was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Album]] at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]]. He has composed the soundtrack for the video game ''[[Everything (video game)|Everything]]'' alongside [[Ben Lukas Boysen]].


== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==
Sebastian Plano was born into a musical family in [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario, Argentina]]. With both his parents in the city's symphonic orchestra, he was influenced early on by [[classical music]] and also by [[tango]] through his grandfather, a locally renowned [[bandoneon]] player. Plano began playing the [[cello]] at age seven, and writing music when he was 12. Soon after his early composition - a four-movement orchestral piece - premiered at [[Teatro El Círculo|Rosario's Opera House]] in 2008, interest in his work started to show.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sebastian-plano-mn0002745157/biography|title=Sebastian Plano {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>
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Sebastian Plano was born into a musical family in [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]], [[Argentina]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/archive/2019-11-11-sebastian-plano/|title=Sebastian Plano - Gig at Leeds Brudenell Social Club|last=Wallace|first=Wyndham|date=11 November 2019|website=[[Brudenell Social Club]]|url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2019|quote=Born in Rosario, Argentina in 1985}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/sebastian-planos-verve-is-a-gorgeous-piano-meditation|title=Sebastian Plano's 'Verve' Is A Gorgeous Piano Meditation|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=8 March 2019|website=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref> He started playing cello at the age of seven before creating his own music from the age of twelve.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiddennotes.co.uk/sebastian-plano|title=Sebastian Plano|website=Hidden Notes|language=en-GB|url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
At the age of 17, he was among the 4 young musicians to be selected worldwide for a full scholarship at the [[United World College of the Adriatic]], allowing him to study with the acclaimed [[:it:Trio di Trieste|Trio di Trieste]] and Cellist [[:it:Enrico Bronzi|Enrico Bronzi]]. He continued his education in the [[United States]], after having been awarded consecutively full scholarships at the [[Boston Conservatory at Berklee|Boston Conservatory]] and the [[San Francisco Conservatory of Music|San Francisco Conservatory.]] Alongside his classical upbringing, Plano's enthusiasm and exploration around electronic music - often naming [[Vangelis]] as a formative early influence - developed into a hobby.<ref name=":1" />

Sebastian Plano started his career as a solo record producer in 2011 with the self-release of his debut album ''Arrhythmical Part of Hearts''.<ref name="auto" /> As a medium to promote his music, Plano started busking in the [[Muni Metro|San Francisco subway]], selling his new record to the public.<ref name=":1" /> His second record ''Impetus'', mastered by [[Nils Frahm]] in 2012, was released a year later on [[Denovali Records]] along with the re-release of ''Arrhythmical Part of Hearts''.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="auto" />

On April 19 of 2013, Plano just finished recording both his third full-length album ''Verve'' and an EP with former [[Kronos Quartet]] cellist [[Jeffrey Zeigler]], when a thief broke into Plano's car and stole his computer and two hard drives containing the completed recordings. Despite Plano's endeavours, his work was never recovered.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sebastianplano.com/verve/|title=Verve|date=2019-02-19|website=Sebastian Plano|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> In August of the same year he relocated to [[Berlin]] where he began reconstructing the lost pieces leading to the release of his EP ''Novel'' in 2017<ref name="auto" /> and later, ''Verve''.<ref name=":1" />

In 2017 he co-wrote with [[Ben Lukas Boysen]] the soundtrack for the game ''[[Everything (video game)|Everything]]'' by [[David OReilly (artist)|David OReilly]].<ref name="auto" /> The soundtrack, released on [[Erased Tapes Records]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.erasedtapes.com/release/eratp099-ben-lukas-boysen-sebastian-plano-everything|title=Everything by Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano - Releases|website=Erased Tapes|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref> was long-listed for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] at the [[90th Academy Awards]], making it the first video game trailer to qualify for the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.mcvuk.com/indie-game-everything-qualifies-for-oscar-longlist/|title=Indie game Everything qualifies for Oscar longlist|date=2017-06-08|magazine=MCV/DEVELOP|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref> That same year, Plano signed to [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]]'s [[Mercury KX]] label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurykx.com/artists/sebastian-plano/|title=SEBASTIAN PLANO|website=MERCURY KX|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>

In 2018, Plano participated in the [https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/cornish-sea-music-cornwall-ocean-plastic-pollution-surfers-against-sewage-a8309976.html Keynvor Project] against sewage pollution, for which he wrote a three-track EP incorporating sounds from the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sas.org.uk/news/atlantic-ocean-makes-waves-music-industry/|title=The Atlantic Ocean makes waves in the music industry • Surfers Against Sewage|date=2018-04-18|website=Surfers Against Sewage|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> The EP, titled ''Preservation'', was released by Mercury KX,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurykx.com/preservation/|title=Preservation|date=2018-04-18|website=MERCURY KX|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> shortly before the release of ''Verve'' in 2019<ref name="auto" /> which received a nomination for [[Best New Age Album]] at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name=":2" />


== Discography ==
== Discography ==
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* ''[[Everything (video game)|Everything]]'' (with [[Ben Lukas Boysen]]; 2017)<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[Everything (video game)|Everything]]'' (with [[Ben Lukas Boysen]]; 2017)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Verve'' (2019)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Verve'' (2019)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Save Me Not'' (2021)<ref name=":0" />


=== Extended plays ===
=== Extended plays ===
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|[[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Album]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Album]]
|''Verve''
|''Verve''
|{{Pending}}
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list|title=2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees List|date=20 November 2019|website=[[Grammy Awards]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list|title=2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees List|date=20 November 2019|website=[[Grammy Awards]]|language=en|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:07, 10 March 2024

Sebastian Plano
Background information
Birth nameSebastian Plano
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Genres
Instruments
  • Cello
  • Piano
  • Bandoneon
  • Percussion
Labels
Websitesebastianplano.com

Sebastian Plano (born 1985) is an Argentinian cellist, composer and producer based in Berlin, Germany. His 2019 album Verve was nominated for Best New Age Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. He has composed the soundtrack for the video game Everything alongside Ben Lukas Boysen.

Early life and career

[edit]

Sebastian Plano was born into a musical family in Rosario, Argentina. With both his parents in the city's symphonic orchestra, he was influenced early on by classical music and also by tango through his grandfather, a locally renowned bandoneon player. Plano began playing the cello at age seven, and writing music when he was 12. Soon after his early composition - a four-movement orchestral piece - premiered at Rosario's Opera House in 2008, interest in his work started to show.[3]

At the age of 17, he was among the 4 young musicians to be selected worldwide for a full scholarship at the United World College of the Adriatic, allowing him to study with the acclaimed Trio di Trieste and Cellist Enrico Bronzi. He continued his education in the United States, after having been awarded consecutively full scholarships at the Boston Conservatory and the San Francisco Conservatory. Alongside his classical upbringing, Plano's enthusiasm and exploration around electronic music - often naming Vangelis as a formative early influence - developed into a hobby.[3]

Sebastian Plano started his career as a solo record producer in 2011 with the self-release of his debut album Arrhythmical Part of Hearts.[4] As a medium to promote his music, Plano started busking in the San Francisco subway, selling his new record to the public.[3] His second record Impetus, mastered by Nils Frahm in 2012, was released a year later on Denovali Records along with the re-release of Arrhythmical Part of Hearts.[3][4]

On April 19 of 2013, Plano just finished recording both his third full-length album Verve and an EP with former Kronos Quartet cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, when a thief broke into Plano's car and stole his computer and two hard drives containing the completed recordings. Despite Plano's endeavours, his work was never recovered.[5] In August of the same year he relocated to Berlin where he began reconstructing the lost pieces leading to the release of his EP Novel in 2017[4] and later, Verve.[3]

In 2017 he co-wrote with Ben Lukas Boysen the soundtrack for the game Everything by David OReilly.[4] The soundtrack, released on Erased Tapes Records,[6] was long-listed for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards, making it the first video game trailer to qualify for the Oscars.[7] That same year, Plano signed to Universal Music's Mercury KX label.[8]

In 2018, Plano participated in the Keynvor Project against sewage pollution, for which he wrote a three-track EP incorporating sounds from the Atlantic Ocean.[9] The EP, titled Preservation, was released by Mercury KX,[10] shortly before the release of Verve in 2019[4] which received a nomination for Best New Age Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[11]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Extended plays

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  • Novel (2017)[4]
  • Preservation (with KEYNVOR;2018)[4]
  • Verve Epilogue (2019) [4]

Awards and nominations

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Year Organization Award Work Result Ref.
2019 Grammy Awards Best New Age Album Verve Nominated [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Sebastian Plano". Discogs.
  2. ^ "Sebastian Plano – Verve (Mercury KX)". Headphone Commute. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Sebastian Plano | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Works". Sebastianplano.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Verve". Sebastian Plano. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  6. ^ "Everything by Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano - Releases". Erased Tapes. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  7. ^ "Indie game Everything qualifies for Oscar longlist". MCV/DEVELOP. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  8. ^ "SEBASTIAN PLANO". MERCURY KX. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  9. ^ "The Atlantic Ocean makes waves in the music industry • Surfers Against Sewage". Surfers Against Sewage. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  10. ^ "Preservation". MERCURY KX. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  11. ^ a b "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees List". Grammy Awards. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Sebastian Plano on Apple Music". Apple Music.
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