Avi Kaplan

Avi Kaplan owns one of my favourite voices in modern music. As Pentatonix's vocal bass he anchored a group that won three Grammys and sold over six million albums, and anyone who has heard that subterranean low end knows how much it held the whole sound together. What moves me more is his pivot in 2017 to a solo path as Avriel and the Sequoias, trading polished a cappella for something earthier and more personal. That choice reads as an artist returning to his own roots. His deep, forest-quiet tone is the kind I could listen to endlessly.

Name (English)

Avi Kaplan

Name (Japanese)

アヴィ・カプラン

Reading

あゔぃ・かぷらん

Born

April 17, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Visalia, California, United States

Occupation

singer / musician / songwriter

High school

Mt. Whitney High School

University

Mt. San Antonio College

• Official sitehttp://avrielandthesequoias.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/avi_kaplan/
• Xhttps://x.com/Avi_Kaplan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi%20Kaplan
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29635010

Tags

• California
• singer
• musician
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

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