Diego Marulanda’s talent as a composer, bandleader and musician since his arrival to Canada from his native Colombia, Diego has taken his band Diego Marulanda and Pacande and their contemporary cutting-edge Latin sound from the cramped backstreet clubs of Toronto to the world-renowned Montreal International Jazz Festival.

His talents as a composer and his ability to work with creative teams have recently taken him from creating the live musical landscape of a Mexican rodeo in Cozumel to composing film scores and creating music for dance performances with local choreographers and those as far away as Iqaluit, Nunavut in Canada’s Artic.