Juan Dies
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Juan Díes is the co-founder and executive director of Sones de Mexico Ensemble, a Chicago folk music group that specializes in the Mexican musical tradition known as son.[1][2] Sones de Mexico was nominated for both a Grammy and a Latin Grammy in 2007.[3][4]
Díes attended North Central High School. He has degrees from Earlham College and Indiana University Bloomington.[2][5] In 2019, United States Artists awarded one of its USA Fellowships to him and in 2020 the Illinois Arts Council awarded one of its Artist Fellowship Awards to him.[6] [7]
Juan Díes is recipient of the 2026 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endwoment for the Arts [8].