Ignacio Peña

Biography

Ignacio Peña is a Puerto Rican singer/songwriter who was born in Río Piedras and raised in Guaynabo and Santurce with a very strict upbringing. Influenced by major rock numbers from the early '80s, the young baseball enthusiast traded sports for music even when his parents weren't happy about his choice. Ignacio Peña got his first guitar in 1987, making his debut as a composer with a song titled "Don't Let Me Fall." After studying at Boston's Berklee College of Music, the promising artist began...

Ignacio Peña is a Puerto Rican singer/songwriter who was born in Río Piedras and raised in Guaynabo and Santurce with a very strict upbringing. Influenced by major rock numbers from the early '80s, the young baseball enthusiast traded sports for music even when his parents weren't happy about his choice. Ignacio Peña got his first guitar in 1987, making his debut as a composer with a song titled "Don't Let Me Fall."
After studying at Boston's Berklee College of Music, the promising artist began producing jingles until the opportunity to make his first record came with. Produced by Pablo Manavello, El Mundo Al Revés was recorded in Miami and Nashville and released by Universal Latino after a live performance at Puerto Rico's Hard Rock Cafe in December 2000. A year later, Ignacio Peña became an international star while opening for Neil Young and Oasis in Buenos Aires and performing along with Sting, Maná, and los Amigos Invisibles during the Caracas Pop Festival.
In 2005, he relocated to Austin, Texas and created the band Bletzung. The band's self-titled debut album was released independently in late 2006.

In May 2009 Peña made history by becoming the first latin artist to launch an application for the iphone giving his listeners free access via streaming to his complete catalog. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.