Yasser Tejeda

Dominican Republic/USA

Yasser Tejeda

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Yasser Tejeda 🇩🇴🇺🇸

Yasser Tejeda, the award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer, passionately advocates for new generations to explore, promote, and enrich their cultural heritage. With a diverse musical portfolio, Yasser has established himself as a prominent figure in the conversation about Afro-Dominican roots music and its fusion with jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms. Mezclansa, his first album, was dubbed one of the 100 essential recordings of Dominican music by the Dominican National Association of Art Writers (Acroarte). His second album, Kijombo, received six awards from the Dominican Republic’s Premios Indie, including Best Album. Yasser’s latest album, La Madrugá, earned him a nomination for Best Alternative Artist at the 2024 Premios Soberano in the Dominican Republic. Yasser’s music has captivated audiences globally. Most recently, he appeared as a guest artist at the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., honoring the great Arturo Sandoval. He has sold out prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, Frëims (Mexico City), and the Apollo Music Café (New York). Furthermore, his music has been part of the curriculum of renowned institutions like UCLA, Fordham University, Rutgers, and Princeton. As Juan Luis Guerra, the most influential Dominican artist in the world, put it: he’s a “marvelous example of what’s happening with Dominican music.”