Eva Quintanar

American pianist, songwriter, and orchestra leader (born 1915 in El Paso, TX) Dubbed "the female Agustín Lara" by the Mexican press, Quintanar's family had settled in Los Angeles by 1936. As a teenager, she began performing on regional Spanish-language radio. Later, she studied music at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. In the 1940s and 1950s, Quintanar and her orchestra recorded for Discos Taxco, Imperial, and Discos Tri-Color.