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Don Juan Santaolalla
Santaolalla in 2024
Santaolalla in 2024
Background information
Birth nameDon Juan Nahuel Santaolalla
Born (1999-07-01) July 1, 1999 (age 26)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • charango
  • ronroco
  • piano
  • banjo
  • percussion
Years active2014-present

Don Juan Nahuel Santaolalla (born July 1, 1999) is an Argentine-American composer.

Early life[]

Santaolalla was born in Buenos Aires to Gustavo Santaolalla and Alejandra Palacios. His father is of Argentine, Ashkenazi Jewish (from Austria, Russia and Ukraine), Italian, Romanian and Slovenian descent and His mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish (from Belarus) and Spanish descent.

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Influences[]

Santaolalla stated composers like T. S. Monk, Nicholas Britell, Dizzy Gillespie, Alexandre Desplat, Bernard Herrmann, Michael Kamen, Alberto Iglesias, Astor Piazzolla, Billy May, Bix Beiderbecke, Count Basie, Edward Ellington, Miles Evans, Sean Kiner, Hugo Coulais, Mick Giacchino, Miles Davis IV and Xavier Cugat.

Personal life[]

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