Juan Díes is the co-founder and executive director of

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, a Chicago

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group that specializes in the Mexican musical tradition known as ''

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''. Sones de Mexico was nominated for a Latin

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in 2007. Díes attended North Central High School. He has degrees from Earlham College and

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. In 2020, the

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awarded one of its Artist Fellowship Awards to Juan Díes.

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