Diana Krall

Krall was born on November 16, 1964, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, the daughter of Adella A. (née Wende), an elementary school teacher, and Stephen James “Jim” Krall, an accountant.[3][4][5] Krall’s only sibling, Michelle, is a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Krall’s father played piano at home, and her mother sang in a community choir. Krall began studying piano herself at the age of four[6] and took exams through The Royal Conservatory of Music.[7] In high school, she was a member of a student jazz group; at 15, she began playing professionally in local restaurants.[8] Krall won a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied from 1981 to 1983,[9] before spending time in Los Angeles to play jazz. She returned to Canada to record her first album in 1992.