Jorge Drexler

    Known For

    Sound

    Birthday

    September 21, 1964 (60 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Montevideo, Uruguay

    Jorge Drexler

    Biography

    Jorge Drexler is a Uruguayan composer and singer with a long professional career linked to music and the arts. During his more than 30-year career he has recorded fourteen studio albums and has given concerts all over the world. A doctor by training, in 1995 he decided to leave behind his life in Uruguay and move to Spain to devote himself entirely to music and composition. Throughout his career, his work has been awarded with an Oscar for "Al otro lado del río" (2005) -Best Original Song, being the first in non-English language to win this award- thirteen Latin Grammys (2014, 2018, 2021 and 2022), a Goya Award (2011) and a Biznaga de Plata, among other recognitions.

    Known For

    • The City of Your Final Destination

      The City of Your Final Destination

      2009

    • Tetuán

      Tetuán

      2022

    • The Great Illusion

      The Great Illusion

      2016

    • Spoils of War

      Spoils of War

      2000