Uruguayan songwriter Jorge Drexler is booked for a performance at the National Theater on Saturday evening, 29 November 2014. The first part of the show will also feature Dominican pop-rock songwriter Alex Ferreira. Drexler is the first Uruguayan to win an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2004, “Al otro lado del rio” from his seventh album, Eco. The score appeared in Walter Salles’ film The Motorcycle Diaries (2004). He is also a winner of the Goya Award.
He has been nominated in several categories in the Latin Grammy awards that will take place on 20 November at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He is coming to Santo Domingo as part of his tour to promote his hit album Bailar en la cueva.
The concert is a benefit for Fundacion Nido para Angeles that works with children with cerebral palsy.
Production is by Once y Once. Tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets (Movie Max) and Supermercados Nacional and Jumbo n RD$1,500 and RD$1,300.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jorge-drexler-mn0000260857/biography
http://www.allmusic.com/album/bailar-en-la-cueva-mw0002629831