Santo Domingo.– Simone, better known for her versions of Besame mucho, Yolanda and Se fue, will perform at the National Theater on 2 October , for the first time in the Dominican Republic.

Having had a promising beginning as one of the big voices of MPB, Simone has recorded more than 31 albums, increasingly abandoning the more activist repertory of compositions by João Bosco/{Aldir Blanc}, Geraldo Vandré, Chico Buarque, and Milton Nascimento in favor of mainstream romantic songs, with which she has enjoyed international success.

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, daughter of an opera singer and a female pianist, moved to São Paulo at 16, pursuing a career as a basketball player (she even was a member of the national team). She recorded her first LP, Simone, in 1973.