Composer and violinist Dany Cobo was born in Ecuador . Influenced by Violinist Jean Luc Ponty Dany studied violin and viola at the “Antonio Neumane” Conservatory of Music of Guayaquil , Ecuador . Took part in the conservatory chamber orchestra directed by Andrei Podgorny. In 1983, at 18 years old  traveled to Quito , Ecuador invited by Hector Napolitano to joined  a band that played Traditional Cuban music named “Rumbason” Performing in many venues, cities and international events .  At the same time with Ecuadorian Singer/songwriter Hugo Idrovo , Napo and Alex Alvear was part of the band “Promesas Temporales”.  that became one of the bands that influenced future generations in his country .  

In 1987 & 1988 Dany was accepted as a Viola student for the “National symphony Orchestra” base in the city of Quito Ecuador , performing in several concerts with the National Symphony From 1988 Dany joined several touring bands traveling around south America . like the group of folkloric music “Altiplano de Chile”   From 1990 and 1993, Dany traveled to Chile where he joined the music scene with several Chilean and Cuban musicians where he landed first mayor newspapers pages . 

In 1996 he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where his friend Omar Sosa introduced him to some of the best musicians from the San Francisco music scene. Dany studied with the renown Jazz violinist , composer and founder of the TISQ quartet David Balakrishnan.