Latin GRAMMY® nominee, NARAS® and LARAS® member Roxana Amed is an Argentine-American jazz artist born in Buenos Aires who lives in the US since 2013. She is a dusky, virtuosic singer songwriter whose music blends South American folk traditions with sophisticated rock and post-bop jazz. Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, producer, and educator, Amed is considered by colleagues, audiences and critics as one of the most important voices in South American music. A postgraduate in Spanish literature and film school student, she has earned acclaim for her albums with former Pat Metheny bandmember Pedro Aznar including 2004's Limbo and 2006's Entremundos . In 2010's Cinemateca Finlandesa, a duo album with pianist Adrian Iaies, Inocencia in 2011, followed by 2013's La Sombra de Su Sombra, with pianist Frank Carlberg featuring the poems of Alejandra Pizarnik. She earned a scholarship to pursue her master's degree in vocal jazz. Along with being embraced by American audiences, she remains connected to her home country. Amed is a recipient of the Gardel Award and the Martin Fierro Award for best song in a TV production. In 2019, she returned with Instantáneas, an album of live-in-studio performances. In 2021, Ontology is nominated for 2 Latin GRAMMYs® including Best Jazz Album and wins the Gardel 2022 for Best Jazz Album. In 2023, UNÁNIME obtained a new Gardel nomination and a Latin GRAMMY® nomination for Best Jazz Album to be held in Seville, Spain on November 16th, 2023.