Background
Amaia Montero is the daughter of José Montero and Pilar Saldías, and has an older sister, named Idoia. She attended UPV/EHU studying Chemistry, where she met the rest of the members of La Oreja de Van Gogh. When the band became famous, she switched studies to Psychology at the UNED. She later stopped studying.
Although Montero has played for crowds of over 120,000 she claims to be very shy. Her personality has been described as sociable, fun, and very accessible.
She has a vocal instructor, and although she cannot attend classes regularly due to lack of time, the benefit to her voice is evident. Montero had nodules in her throat in 1998 when the album Dile al sol was recorded but the nodules were removed after the first tour.
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