Fifteen-year-old Diego Bustamante, from Paradise California, became interested in ragtime when, as a kid, he heard The Entertainer by Scott Joplin. The ragtime world discovered him at the West Coast Youth Ragtime Competition five years ago. Since then he has appeared at Sutter Creek and West Coast festivals plus several youth concerts. He has been studying piano for eight years–five of those year with Dr. Robert Bowman. Diego is now working on his first CD.  Along with his passion for piano, Diego enjoys birding and playing the violin.