Raniero Palm

Raniero Palm is a Latin Grammy-winning audio engineer, music producer, arranger and string conductor of Italian descent who has been part of projects recognized by Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards and Arpa Awards.

Career
At the age of 6, he began studying music at the Miguel Ángel Espinel Music School in the state of Táchira, Venezuela, where he took piano and music theory classes. At the same time, he entered the Musiyama Academy of the Yamaha Foundation of Venezuela, where he studied Electone organ for more than 7 years. At the age of 13 he entered the National System of Children and Youth Orchestras of Venezuela (Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Infantiles y Juveniles de Venezuela), where he studied rhythmics, choral practice, musical language and violin. In 2006, she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Music at the Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador.

In 2009, he founded the trademark and pop rock band Statika, which was highly praised by the public and whose compositions reached the peak of popularity, ranking at number one on the General list of the Record Report, a Venezuelan radio list, television and media. With Statika he went on several tours, reaching audiences of up to twenty thousand people at his live concerts.

In 2022, he was recognized along with other musicians again at the Latin Grammy Awards, this time, for the album El Renacimiento by Carla Morrison and her song "Encontrarme", where he served as Recording Engineer and String Conductor, and in the Best Instrumental Music Album category he repeated with two albums: Ofrenda by the group Raíces de Venezuela and by Gerry Weil Sinfónico. At the Dove Awards, a nomination in the Spanish album of the year category for his work as a recording engineer on Ricardo Montaner's Fe. Likewise, he would obtain for the first time an award at the Pepsi Music Awards of Venezuela for his work on the album Ofrenda by the group Raíces de Venezuela. Closing that year, he was part of the Forever King album by Puerto Rican Don Omar for the symphonic arrangements of the song "Agradecido", with lyrics composed by Wiso G.

In 2023, he was in charge of the soundtrack for the Venezuelan short film Indignos, together with Gabriel Lococo and Venezuela Ensemble Strings, developing a series of classic compositions that merge with history. Also, he directed Felipe Peláez's Tour Sinfónico with El Sistema.

In 2024, Raniero was awarded the Grammy Award in the category of Best Children's Music Album for We Grow Together by Colombian duo 123 Andrés.

Credits
In his career, Raniero has performed the work of arranger, producer, recording engineer, musician, director of string instruments, among other functions within some of the albums detailed below:


 * 2015: Arriba Abajo - 123 Andrés
 * 2016: Solo Buenos Aires - Fernando Otero
 * 2017: El manifiesto - Henry G
 * 2018: Ponle Actitud - Felipe Peláez
 * 2019: Uno - Nacho
 * 2019: Historias de amor - Nacho
 * 2020: Soldados - Alex Campos
 * 2020: Terra - Daniel Minimalia
 * 2020: Actívate - 123 Andrés
 * 2021: Salswing - Rubén Blades
 * 2021: Salsa Plus - Rubén Blades
 * 2021: Celebrando una Leyenda - Yuri
 * 2021: Fe - Ricardo Montaner
 * 2021: Renovado - Alex Campos
 * 2021: Sinfónico - Gerry Weil
 * 2022: El Renacimiento - Carla Morrison
 * 2022: Nacho Sinfónico - Nacho

Grammy awards

 * 2022 Best Latin Tropical Album / SALSWING! - Rubén Blades & Roberto Delgado y Su Orquesta (Winners)
 * 2024 Best Children's Album / We Grow Together, Preschool Songs - 123 Andrés (Winners)

Latin Grammy Awards

 * 2016 Best Children's Album / Arriba Abajo - 123 Andrés (Winners)
 * 2017 Best Solo Tango Album Buenos Aires - Fernando Otero (Winners)
 * 2020 Best Instrumental Album / Terra - Daniel Minimalia (Winners)
 * 2020 Best Christian Album in Spanish / Soldados – Alex Campos (Winners)
 * 2021 Recording of the Year / Dios Así Lo Quiso – Ricardo Montaner & Juan Luis Guerra (Nominated)
 * 2021 Best Tropical Song / Dios Así lo Quiso – Ricardo Montaner & Juan Luis Guerra (Winners)
 * 2021 Best Salsa Album Salsa Plus - Rubén Blades (Winners)
 * 2022 Best Gerry Weil Symphonic Instrumental Music Album – Gerry Weil & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (Nominated)
 * 2023 Album of the Year Play - Ricky Martin (Nominated)
 * 2023 Best Christian Album in Spanish Vida – Alex Campos (Nominated)

Dove Awards

 * 2020 Christian Album in Spanish / Soldados - Alex Campos (Nominated)
 * 2022 Christian Album in Spanish / Fe - Ricardo Montaner (Nominated)

Arpa Awards

 * 2019 Producer of the Year / Tengo Fe - Christian Sebastia (Winners)
 * 2021 Album of the Year, Best Male Solo Album / Soldados – Alex Campos (Winners)
 * 2022 Album of the Year, Best Male Solo Album / Renovado – Alex Campos (Nominated)

Pepsi Music Awards

 * 2020 Album of the Year / UNO - Nacho (Nominated)
 * 2022 Best Venezuelan Traditional Music Album / Ofrenda – Grupo Raíces de Venezuela (Winner)

Other recognitions

 * Viña del Mar Festival 2023: Silver Gaviota - Folklore Line (Nominated: "La Patineta" - Los Rabanes)
 * Guinness Record: The Longest officially released song for “El Manifesto” by Henry G, 2017
 * Latino Show Music Awards 2018: Best Musical Producer
 * Latino Show Music Awards 2020: Best Tropical Music Producer