Ëda Diaz

Born Eléonore Diaz-Arbelaez to an urban planner father from Columbia and a French dressmaker mother who met on a plane travelling from Montevideo to Paris, she studied music from a young age, specifically classical singing and piano. She spent more than a decade performing classical piano at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt in France.

Regular summer trips between Paris and the family home in Medellín, exposed her to the songs and sounds of South American music. It was there, where her grandmother introduced her to Bambucos, Boleros and Tangos. Additionally her father introduced her to Tumbaos, the basic rhythms played on the bass in Afro-Cuban music, from artists such as Joe Arrovo, The Buena Vista Social Club and Omara Portuondo.