Juan Dies

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. Sones de Mexico was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2007.

Díes attended North Central High School. He has degrees from Earlham College and Indiana University Bloomington. In 2020, the Illinois Arts Council awarded one of its Artist Fellowship Awards to Juan Díes.