The leader of Group 5, Christian Yaipenstudied at one of the best music universities that can exist in the world: berklee. On several occasions, the singer spoke about his time at this university and about the difficulties he had to overcome in order to finish his career.
Nevertheless, He is not the only Peruvian artist who has set foot in the prestigious music school, since other great representatives also had the opportunity to continue their career at the same alma mater..
Christian Yaipen
Christian Yaipén managed to graduate in 2015 from the Berklee University in the United States. However, the singer was about to leave his career due to economic difficulties.
“I lived alone for five years, studying, it was not easy at all. I had to suffer, there were times when I had nothing to eat. It’s not that, because he was from Group 5, he called to say: ‘Send me money.’ I was also aware of the sacrifice everyone was making. My mom sold her truck to pay for my studies,” she said.
“Before finishing my degree, two semesters later, I told my teacher that I was going to leave my studies because it was too expensive,” he said. However, he presented a cumbia proposal and obtained a scholarship to complete his degree.
Nicole Zignago
Nicole Zignago, daughter of Gian Marco, in her teens, emigrated to the United States with her family and it was at that moment that she was able to fulfill one of her greatest wishes: to enter the University of Berklee.
“Berklee was always my dream. I decided to apply, I entered and from the age of 17, 18 (years) it was that I began to prepare myself, from below, to take this seriously and have a career “said the interpreter in an interview with Carlos Orozco.
After completing her studies, the national singer-songwriter managed to get a hit with Sofía Reyes “1,2,3″, in which she positioned herself on digital platforms and became the favorite of all her followers.
Alvaro Balvin
Alvaro Balvin Benavides is a composer from Lima who began his professional career at the Conservatory of Music in Lima. However, the situation that was going through at that time made it difficult for him to remain in said house of studies. Given this, he decided to apply to Berklee in Boston, where he graduated as a film composer.
“Since I was little, when I thought about what I was going to study, there were options such as engineering, administration, and within them was music. It is not easy to make this decision because it can go well or badly for you. But, when I told my mom that I would be a musician, she replied: ‘Anything you study, you have to do it 100%’”, he told in an interview for the website “Periodismo 360 UTP”
After completing his degree, Álvaro Balvín returned to Peru and worked as a teacher at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC).
Micaela Minaya
Peruvian singer-songwriter Micaela Minaya he gave free rein to his artistic vocation at the age of 15. At that age he began to write his first songs with the advice of renowned composer Ivan Cock. In 2018, she applied to Berklee College of Music in Boston, United States, to pursue her music career professionally.
At the same time, he made his first production with David Chang at Elisa Records, producer of the group We The Lion.
“As much as the musician’s life is chaotic, a little unstable, and as much as it scares us sometimes, I would choose it over and over again. And it is that every day I am more sure that there is nothing else that I would prefer to do”, expressed the artist, according to her fan page.
AnaLu
Peruvian singer-songwriter AnaLu He began his music studies in berklee in 2018. Two years later, he began the production of his first album together with Alejandro Rivas and Bruno Rosazza.
His first single was “Ayayai”. Another of his outstanding songs is “Any”, their third single. On this issue, AnaLu talks about the mind, tiredness and the need to ignore the world.
Updated by: Alejandro Tong
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