SOMEONE THAT I ADMIRE

Nowadays, Juan Diego Florez is the most awarded Peruvian opera singer. He has been
recognized worldwide as the successor of Luciano Pavarotti, who has played a key role
on his career.

Juan Diego was born in Lima in 1973. At the beginning, he focused on Peruvian music,
pop and rock and he wrote his own songs. Then, he studied at the Peru’s National
Conservatory of Music, and become a member of Peru´s National Chorus. After that, he
studied at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, throughout a scholarship. He has
won several important prices, such as ECHO Klassik, Abbati, Rossini d’Oro, Aureliano
Pertilei, among others. He has named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassdor because of his
ONG Sinfonia por el Peru, a social inclusion project to enhance the artistic and personal
development of vulnerable children and youth.

Indeed, Juan Diego has showed his audacity and self-confidence, when he played main
roles on short notice, magnificently. Actually, he is recognized as the best light tenor,
due to his talent, perseverance and humility. On the other hand, he has awarded with the
Orden del Sol in the rank of Great Cruz because of his effort to bring Peruvian creole
music to the highest worldwide sceneries.