Louise Darios (Daria Luisa Pacheco de Céspedes), born 8 November 1913 Paris - 23 November 1986 Montreal) was a Peruvian singer , actress , journalist , storyteller and folklorist .  Her father was the musician Juan Luis Pacheco de Céspedes.
Life.
She studied at the Lycée Victor Duruy and at the Cours Maintenon. She studied with Reynaldo Hahn in Paris, Margarita Xirgu in Chile, Alfred La Liberté in Montreal. She studied folklore with Atahualpa Yupanqui and Marius Barbeau.
From 1936 to 1938, she toured Europe beginning in Paris  .From 1938 to 1948 she made long trips during which she gave concerts, radio, folklore, theater and conference talks in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.
From 1946 to 1950, she toured with a hundred concerts in Quebec Ontario, and Montreal. She co-founded the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. She taught at the École de la Chanson, and worked at Radio-Canada. She traveled to Paris in 1948  .From 1950 to 1955, she toured South America and Quebec  
She wrote "Luis Pacheco de Cespedes; a great Peruvian musician"  .
In 1983, the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) created a collection based on her manuscripts: stories, short stories, and texts for radio and television  .