Biography
Castilian, from Piñel de Abajo (Valladolid-Spain), philologist by training, singer, self-taught musician, producer and lover of good cuisine.
Founder and director of the Educational-Museum of Traditional Iberian Instruments (Mucientes-Valladolid) with more than 450 exhibits.
Specialist in Traditional Iberian and Sephardic Music, honored in 2007 with the Ladino Medal by the National Ladino Authority for his continued effort in disseminating his Culture, Paco Díez was the chosen artist to perform at the Royal Palace of Madrid for the King Felipe VI, Government of Spain and Sephardic Communities from around the World, during the Historical Act that sanctioned dual nationality for Sephardim, 523 years after their expulsion in 1492; For all of the above, he has also been a candidate for the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts.
At the end of 2017 he was distinguished in Paris by the Ligue Universelle du Bien Publique with the Silver and Palm Medal for his work in the dissemination of Iberian and Sephardic Traditional Music.
In 2017 and 2019 he taught Iberian and Sephardic Traditional Music at the School of Music of the University of Washington (Seattle) and in 2023 at the University of California (Santa Barbara).
After nearly 50 years in this field, he has recorded 19 albums and performed more than three thousand concerts both solo and with his different projects throughout Spain and numerous countries around the world, and around fifteen hundred productions of concerts and shows for national and international artistic groups.
