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Tati Penna
Born
Constanza Bernardita Penna Brüggemann

February 26, 1960
Concepción, Chile
DiedApril 14, 2021 (aged 61)
Santiago, Chile
Other namesTati Penna
Years active1978-2018
SpouseJaime de Aguirre (1991-1997)

Constanza Bernardita Penna Brüggemann, better known as Tati Penna (February 26, 1960 – April 14, 2021),[1][2] was a Chilean singer, journalist, radio announcer and television presenter. She was prominent in various areas of communications, and was considered one of the first openly feminist women on Chilean television.[3]

Musical career

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Penna studied singing with professor Claudia Berger early in her career. In 1979, she began singing with the group Abril. With this group, she performed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1982, the same year they released their album Abril.[4]

In 1984, after the dissolution of Abril, she continued her solo career, frequenting the Café del Cerro [es] circle, and recorded the album Tati Penna in 1988, with songs composed by her.[5] She also collaborated on the album Voces sin fronteras, made within the framework of the visit of John Paul II to Chile [es] in 1987, where she recorded the song "La verdad" with Roque Narvaja [es].[6]

In 1988 she recorded the song "No lo quiero No, No" for the No campaign in the national plebiscite, alongside Cecilia Echeñique, Isabel, Javiera and Tita Parra [es].[7] She also performed at the closing of the campaign on October 1 of that year, in a massive event held on the Pan-American Highway South.[8] Years later she had a brief appearance in the film No (2012) by Pablo Larraín , where she recreated her participation in the campaign alongside other figures of the time.[9]

Since the 1990s, Penna postponed her musical career in favour of her work in the media, although she subsequently recorded two albums, including a tango album released in 2002 under the Macondo label.[5]

Journalistic career

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She studied journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and worked for the magazines Clan and Pluma y Pincel [es], Radio Carrera [es], and the Latin American Studies Corporation (Cieplan [es]).Cabezas, Estela (4 February 2017). ""Esto ha sido un ejercicio de humildad"". Economía y Negocios. Retrieved 14 April 2021.</ref>

In July 1990, she took over as host of Channel 11 [es] at the University of Chile's television station,[10] replacing journalist Susana Horno. She later hosted the channel's morning show, alongside Juan La Rivera [es] and Felipe Camiroaga. Penna and Camiroaga were later hired by Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), where they became the first hosts of the morning show Buenos días a todos in 1992.[11]Cabezas, Estela (4 February 2017). ""Esto ha sido un ejercicio de humildad"". Economía y Negocios. Retrieved 14 April 2021.</ref>

In 1993 she returned to Channel 11, then known as RTU and later Chilevisión, where she worked as a journalist and host of various programs, including Embrujada (or The 12 of the Zodiac), Línea de fuego [es], La guerra de los sexos, De vez en cuando la vida, Nada personal, Escrúpulos and Fuego cruzado. In 1993, Scrupulos won an Apes Award [es] for "Best Talk or Debate Program",[12] while Penna received the Apes for "Best Host" in 1998.[13]

In 2002 she returned to TVN to present the program Con mucho cariño [es], a talk show broadcast during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in which she collaborated again with Felipe Camiroaga, as well as Myriam Hernández and Mauricio Bustamante [es].[14] In 2006 she participated as an advocate in Chile elige [es] and in 2008 she was an advocate for Violeta Parra in the program Grandes chilenos, hosted by journalist Consuelo Saavedra [es]. Also in 2009 she participated as a judge in the program Todos a coro [es] hosted by Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler. Her last work in television was the conduction of Sin Dios ni late [es] between April 2011 and February 2012.[15]

In print media, she conducted numerous interviews with the weekly Siete + 7 [es]. She also taught at Andrés Bello National University.[16]

Penna was chosen as the most outstanding woman of 2001 by citizens who cast their votes on the website of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government. She received an award from the Santiago de Chile City Hall, the División de Organizaciones Sociales [es], the National Women's Service, and the French Embassy.[17]

In November 2014, she joined the National Television Council as a public relations officer. Later, in 2016, she assumed the role of head of management and administration of the Department of Audiovisual Promotion. She was dismissed in September 2018, when Catalina Parot was president of the Council, giving as a reason the excessive sick leave that Penna requested, due to the multiple sclerosis she suffered from.[18][19][20]

Personal life

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She married musician and businessman Jaime de Aguirre, with whom she had two children, Constanza and Santiago. She later married musician Claudio Nicholls.[21]Cabezas, Estela (4 February 2017). ""Esto ha sido un ejercicio de humildad"". Economía y Negocios. Retrieved 14 April 2021.</ref>

Death

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In 2014 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,[22] which kept her away from the media. This disease was compounded by chest cancer, diagnosed in early 2021, which caused her death on April 14, 2021.[1][23]

Discography

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With Abril

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  • Abril (1982)

Solo

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  • Tati Penna (1988)
  • Tangos (2002)
  • Sofá (2015)

Collaborations

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  • Voces sin fronteras (1987)
  • Chile, la alegría ya viene (1988)

Filmography

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Television

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Año Programa Rol Canal
1990-1991 Canal 11 al despertar Presenter Canal 11 U. De Chile / RTU
1991 Matinal 91 Presenter
1992 Buenos días a todos Presenter TVN
1992-1997 Embrujada Presenter Chilevisión
1992 Línea de fuego Presenter
1993-2001 Escrúpulos Presenter
1994 Nada personal Presenter
1996-1998 La guerra de los sexos Presenter
1997 Fuego cruzado Presenter
2000 De vez en cuando... la vida Presenter
2002-2003 Con mucho cariño Presenter TVN
2006 Chile elige Panelist
2008 Grandes chilenos Panelist
2009 Todos a coro Judge
2011 Festival del Huaso de Olmué Judge Chilevisión
2011-2012 Sin Dios ni late Presenter Zona Latina
2012-2013 Mentiras verdaderas Panelist La Red

References

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  1. ^ a b "Muere periodista y cantante Tati Penna producto de complicaciones derivadas de esclerosis múltiple". T13. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  2. ^ "Fallece Tati Penna, ícono de la televisión de los años noventa". radio.uchile.cl. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Tati Penna, la cantante y feminista que abrió un nuevo camino en la TV chilena". Biobio Chile. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Abril". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  5. ^ a b "Tati Penna". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  6. ^ "Voces sin fronteras". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  7. ^ "Muere la cantante y animadora Tati Penna". La Tercera. 2021-04-14. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  8. ^ "Música para las masas: las canciones del último acto por el NO". Radio Universidad de Chile. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Los rostros de la campaña del "No" que se interpretan a si mismos en la película". 10 January 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via El Otro Lado.
  10. ^ "De "underground" a la vitrina televisiva". De "underground" a la vitrina televisiva. July 1990.
  11. ^ "Así fueron los inicios del matinal Buenos Días A Todos en el año 1992". TVN. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  12. ^ "prem-apes/premios/apes". Asociación de Periodistas de Espectáculos. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Premios Apes 1998". Asociación de Periodistas de Espectáculos. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  14. ^ Farías, Cristián; Gutiérrez, Cecilia (2013). Felipe Camiroaga: La verdadera historia. Aguilar. p. 108. ISBN 9789563476354.
  15. ^ Nerdy (2011-06-01). "El curioso caso de "Sin Dios Ni Late"". Fotech.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  16. ^ "Fresia Soltof recuerda a su profesora en Periodismo UNAB, Tati Penna: "Cuando recibes un aprendizaje distinto, obvio que te marca" – Repositorio Noticias UNAB" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  17. ^ "Muere a los 61 años periodista y cantante Tati Penna: Padecía esclerosis múltiple | Sabes.cl". Sabes. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  18. ^ Labrín, Sebastián (2018-10-05). "La pelea judicial de Tati Penna: Ex rostro del No lleva a tribunales al CNTV tras ser despedida". La Tercera. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  19. ^ "ME-O recuerda cuando Catalina Parot despidió a Tati Penna por exceso de licencias médicas". Ilustrado Noticias (in Spanish). 2021-04-14. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  20. ^ "Muerte de Tati Penna resurge su polémico despido del CNTV por licencias médicas mientras Catalina Parot era directora del organismo". www.miraloquehizo.cl (in español). Retrieved 2021-04-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  21. ^ "Los últimos días de Tati Penna, la figura que con su estilo marcó a la TV chilena". La Tercera. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Tati Penna habla sobre su enfermedad: "He vivido el ejercicio de humildad más potente de mi vida", EMOL.com, 4 Feb. 2017". 4 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Murió la periodista Tati Penna: Tenía esclerosis múltiple y un agresivo cáncer". CNN Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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