BIOGRAPHY OF OUR BEST ARTIST
First breath
on music
Santiago Cruz Velez is a Colombian artist who
was born in Ibague, the 1st of February of 1976. Firstly he was driven
on the road of music by his mother, Fabiola. He lived his first 17
years of his life in the same city, studying and taking military
service. When he finished school he decided going to Bogota (Colombia
capital) for studying Finance and International Relations in the
university ‘Externado de Colombia’ and simultaneously he dedicated time
to his one true vocation, music.
First
steps in music:
In 2003 Santiago had the opportunity of
publishing his first album “Solo Hasta Hoy” and also his first single
called “Una Y otra Vez”, with these two real steps in the world of the
music he could realize that his dream of being a recognized Colombian
artist wasn’t far away. His second album was published in 2006 and it
was named “Sentidos”. In 2009 Santiago published his third album ‘cruce
de caminos’ which had the signature of SONY MUSIC. In April of 2011 he
filmed in a theatre of Bogota his first acoustic DVD which included 11
songs of his last album and also an unpublished song. His fourth album
was published in July of 2012.
Awards
and social care
In 2008 Santiago along with Carlos Vives and
Andres Castro, had the honor of receiving the Latin Grammy of that
year. In 2010 the album ‘‘Cruce de caminos’’ was nominated in Latin
Grammy in the category of ‘‘mejor album cantautor’’, and also the same
album won the Price of ‘‘Los 40 principales España’’ for Colombia. In
2011 he received disk gold and platinum but even better he received his
first golden disk in the international category. Santiago Cruz has been
characterized also for being interested in social care, one of the
latest social work he made was for ONU in 2014, in the campaign
‘‘Colombia respira paz’’, for this event he participated with Ines
Gaviria and more artist who performed a presentation in the theatre
‘‘Julio Mario Santo Domingo’’ for kids of low economic sources. We can
see reflected on Santiago Cruz the ideal artist, because firstly he is
representing Colombia with his big talent that impact everyone and
second he also cares about society, with his effort he has become one
of the best artist of Colombia.
What did I learn from Santiago?
Copyrigth: Laura Tussó 2015
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