Photo courtesy of Times Square Records

One of the most important interpreters of Peruvian music, Eva Ayllon began singing at the age of three, under her grandmother's tutelage. Within a few years she was singing at youth competitions and on television and radio. During that time, she also developed herself as a leading exponent of "musica criolla."

Her Peruvian discography counts more than 20 albums, and she has received more than 8 awards in Peru.

In 1989 she formed, Los Hijos del Sol, together with Alex Acuna. The group represents an all-star cast of Peruvian musicians, reunited with the purpose of refreshing and promoting Peruvian music for the world. The musicians came together in 1989 to record a project that draws on traditional Peruvian genres - known popularly as "musica criolla" - developing them in a context of more sophisticated arrangements and unconventional instrumentation. The project lasted for several years, as Peruvian musicians from all corners of the world returned to Peru periodically to perform and record, and created tremendous influence on the music scene in Peru. The original recordings and the subsequent live performances of Los Hijos del Sol established a landmark in the history of Peruvian music.

As a solo artists, Ayllon focuses on the elegant and lively genres of the coastal plains of Lima in particular. She is known for singing the lando, the festejo, and the vals; all mestizo blends of Peru's indigenous, African, and Spanish musical heritage. Call-and-response, complex syncopation, and polyrhythms combine with sweet, melancholic melodies to create a sound unique to Peru's diverse ancestry.

Eva Ayllon moved to the United States. She started a new life in New Jersey with her husband and two children.

To My Country, with Los Hijos del Sol (Nido Entertainment, 2002)

Eva! Leyenda Peruana (Times Square Records, 2004)