Donald Vega

About

Jazz pianist and composer born in Nicaragua who was the recipient of the 2007 Jazz Student Soloist Award from Down Beat.

Before Fame

He attended USC for jazz studies a few years after fleeing Nicaragua and then went on to study at the Julliard School.

Trivia

He was the first-place winner of the 2008 Philips Jazz Piano Competition at the University of West Florida.

Family Life

He and his wife had a daughter named Isabel.

Associated With

He and Deanthony Thomas both attended Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.