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Indra Rios-Moore is an American vocalist.

Rios-Moore was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She was raised by her mother, Elizabeth Gonzalez, a social worker and local community activist. Her father is jazz bassist, Don Moore. She is of Puerto Rican and African-American descent.

Rios-Moore was classically trained by Lois Winter at Mannes College of Music during her time as a student with the preparatory division. She continued her classical vocal studies while she was student at Smith College. She graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor Degree in American Studies.

She began her professional career as a singer after meeting her husband, Benjamin Traerup, and moving with him to his country of Denmark. While in Denmark, Traerup and Rios-Moore formed a trio with bassist, Thomas Sejthen and titled it INDRA. The trio released two albums independently. The self-titled first album was release in 2009 and went on to win a Danish Music Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Their second album, In Between, won the Danish Music Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2012. She collaborates often with Jakob Buchanan, a Danish/Scottish composer and jazz musician. She was the vocalist on his Danish Music Award winning work, Requiem, which also featured Marilyn Mazur, Jakob Bro and Jonas Westergaard.

Rios-Moore worked with producer Larry Klein on her Impulse! records debut, Heartland, which was released in 2015. Her follow up on Impulse record is due for release in late 2017.

In 2016, Indra Rios-Moore won the BMW Jazz Welt Award.

Discography

 * 2009: Indra (Bendra)
 * 2012: In Between (Gateway)
 * 2015: Heartland (Impulse!)

As guest:

2015: Jakob Buchanan: Requiem (LongLife Records)

Awards
2009: Danish Music Award, Best Jazz Vocal Album, Nominee 2012: Danish Music Award, Best Jazz Vocal Album, Winner

2016: BMW Jazz Welt Award