BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130522T160535CEST-2020KXFTgu@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130522T140535Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Oscar Winning Singer-Songwriter Jorge Drexler to Pe rform at the BPC \nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/44108 5195/Oscar_Winning_SingerSongwriter_Jorge_Drexler_to_Perform_at_the_BPC_\n Event Date Begin: 2011-01-20\nEvent Date End: 2011-01-20\n\nThe 2011 Berkl ee College of Music Signature Series continues on Thursday\, January 20 wi th Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler. Matching a world music s ensibility with the rhythms of his native Uruguay\, Drexler has received a combined total of seven Grammy and Latin Grammy award nominations\, and h as won two Spanish Music Prizes. Jorge Drexler Meets Berklee takes place on Thursday\, January 20\, at 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center\ , 136 Massachusetts Avenue\, Boston. General admission tickets are $15 and $10 reserved seating\, and are available at the box office\, at ticketmas ter.com\, or by calling 617 931-2000. For more information\, call 617 747- 2261 or visit berkleebpc.com. The concert is produced by bass professor Os car Stagnaro and arranged and conducted by contemporary writing and produc tion chair Matt Nicholl. Faculty cellist Eugene Friesen will be featured o n Drexler's composition\, 'Al Otro Lado del Rí\;o.' Berklee student Emily Elbert (http://emilyelbert.com) will open the show. Jorge Drexler ( http://www.jorgedrexler.com)\, in 1994\, became the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award with Best Original Song 'Al Otro Lado del Rí\;o\,' from the internationally acclaimed film The Motorcycle Diaries. Drexler's recent work includes the soundtrack for James Ivory's film The City of Yo ur Final Destination. His latest album\, Amar la Trama (2010)\, recorded i n four days in front of a small audience chosen from an online contest\, r eceived four nominations for the 11th Latin Grammy Awards. Drexler was bo rn in Montevideo to a Jewish family. His German parents migrated to Urugua y to escape German persecution. In 1992\, he released his first album\, La Luz Que Sabe Robar\, the same year he earned a doctorate from the Univers ity of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. In 1995\, he was invited to Madri d by Spanish songwriter Joaquí\;n Sabina\, who introduced him to oth er important Spanish singers. Drexler went to Spain to record the album Va ivé\;n in 1996 with Spanish musicians. Vaivé\;n included some old songs from his previous releases mixed with new compositions. He moved to Spain and recorded another four albums: Llueve (1998)\, Frontera (1999 )\, Sea (2001) and Eco (2004). Although he lives most of the year in Spain \, many of his albums were partially recorded in Uruguay with Uruguayan mu sicians. Artists such as Mercedes Sosa\, Shakira\, Omara Portuondo\, Maria Rita\, Ana Belé\;n\, Victor Manuel\, and Zé\;lia Duncan have recorded on his songs.\n\nStart time: 8:15 pm DTSTART:20110120T000000 DTEND:20110120T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Oscar Winning Singer-Songwriter Jorge Drexler to Perform at the BPC TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR