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 a Latin Grammy in 2007.
[3] Díes attended North Central High School.
He has degrees from Earlham College and Indiana University Bloomington.
[2][4] In 2020, the Illinois Arts Council awarded one of its Artist Fellowship Awards to Juan Díes.