One day he was fascinated by a shop window full of ukuleles in London, and a few years later he was having dinner with Robert De Niro at the 2024 Critic's Choice Awards gala in California. All this thanks to a humble instrument with which Salva Rey (Barcelona, ​​​​1975) has opened a lot of unexpected doors, including the possibility of doing a show called The King of the Ukulele, "somewhere between a TED Talk and Broadway with a touch of comedy", which can be seen on February 28 at the Luz de Gas hall in Barcelona (9 pm), and on March 29 at the Tinta Roja bar-theatre in Poble-sec. Salva Rey, with a long musical career linked to projects such as The Pinker Tones, Rolf&Flor and Navet, summarises in the show the 150 years of history of the ukulele in a story that incorporates elements of family biography and historical events.