Twenty years after his first record, Jorge Drexler is in Quito today as part of his “Abismal World” Tour, a musical performance with a sophistication we have become accustomed to for two decades.
Originally from Uruguay, Drexler found fame in 2005 for his Oscard award winning song, “The Other Side of the River,” in the movie, Motorcycle Diaries. It was the first Spanish language song to receive the award.
In recent years Drexler has received three consecutive nominations for the Grammy Awards, four Latin Grammy Award nominatinos, and is a two-time winner of the Spanish Music Award and the Goya Award for “Best Original Song.”
Drexler has partnered with other great artists including Mercedes Sosa, Shakira, Omara Portuondo, Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel, Neneh Cherry, Pablo Milanés, Ketama, Miguel Ríos, Ana Torroja, Sole Giménez, David Broza, Rosario, Jovanotti, María Rita, Simone, Zelia Duncan, Paulinho Moska, Jaime Roos, Adriana Varela, entre otros. Bajofondo Tango Club grabó canciones de Drexler en sus discos.
His songs have been included in numerous films, such as "No sos vos, soy yo", "Retrato de mujer con hombre al fondo", "Las razones de mis amigos", "Antigua vida mía", "Spoils of war", "Cándida" o "El nido vacío".
Recently he finished the musical score and two new songs for the James Ivory movie, “The City of Your Final Destination,” starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, showing worldwide at teh fourth Rome Film Festival and other countries. Drexler also recently wrote an original song, co-produced by LOPE and directed by Andrucha Waddington.
Jorge Drexler was just nominated Ambassador of “Buan Volunad para el Agua en América Latina,” in representing the Cooperation Fund for Sanitation and Water (Fondo de Cooperación para Agua y Saneamiento, part of the Secretaría de Estado de Cooperación Internacional y Presidencia de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo.
The concert, sponsored by Quito Turismo and the Sucre National Theater Foundation, is tonight at the Teatro Nacional Sucre in honor of its 125th anniversary. Box seats, $60, orchestra seating is $50, and regular stall seating is $25. Remaining tickets can be purchased at Musicalísimo Ticket Show CCI, El Jardín Mall, El Bosque Mall, Teleshop in El Recreo Mall, and the Teatro Nacional Sucre ticket window.
JORGE DREXLER ALBUMS
La luz que sabe robar (1992)
Radar (1994)
Vaivén (1996)
Llueve (1998)
Frontera (1999)
Sea (2001)
Eco (2004)
Eco² (2005)
Primeras grabaciones 1992-1994 (La luz que sabe robar + Vaivén) (2005)
12 segundos de oscuridad (2006)
Cara B (2008)
Amar la trama (2010)
La luz que sabe robar (1992)
Radar (1994)
Vaivén (1996)
Llueve (1998)
Frontera (1999)
Sea (2001)
Eco (2004)
Eco² (2005)
Primeras grabaciones 1992-1994 (La luz que sabe robar + Vaivén) (2005)
12 segundos de oscuridad (2006)
Cara B (2008)
Amar la trama (2010)
Ciudad Quito