Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish

flamenco Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...

composer and guitarist, born in

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near

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

. He has played as an accompanying guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers

Camarón de la Isla José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla (), was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer. Considered one of the all-time greatest flamenco singers, he was noted for his collaborations ...

, and Luis de Córdoba, and he has acted as a producer for

Remedios Amaya María Dolores Amaya Vega (born 1962 in Seville), better known by her stage name Remedios Amaya (), is a Spanish flamenco singer. She represented Spain at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Remedios Amaya has been popular with international audi ...

and

José Mercé José Mercé (born José Soto Soto in 1955 in Jerez de la Frontera) is a Spanish flamenco singer. As a 12-year-old he performed at flamenco festivals. Later he moved to Madrid where he recorded his first album in 1968. Family He is the great- ...

. His album ''Ciudad de las Ideas'' won the 2001 Latin Grammy for the Best Flamenco Album and the 2002 Ondas award for the best Flamenco work.

Biography

Amigo was raised in Córdoba, where he took guitar lessons and later improved his playing with

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, with whom he worked for ten years. After a period of accompaniment which began with El Pele, he devoted himself almost exclusively to playing concerts in 1988. ''De Mi Corazón al Aire'' (''From Out of My Heart'', 1991) was his first solo record. An admirer of

Paco de Lucía Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (;), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flam ...

since childhood, Amigo took part with him in the show Leyendas de la guitarra (Legends of the Guitar) in

. Amigo has worked with Amaia Montero, Khaled,

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, Carmen Linares,

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, Sting,

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, and

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Discography

As leader

* '' De mi corazón al aire'' (CBS/Sony, 1991) * ''Vivencias Imaginadas'' (CBS/Sony, 1995) * ''Poeta'' (CBS/Sony, 1997) * ''Del Amanecer...'' with Jose Merce (Virgin, 1998) * '' Ciudad de las Ideas'' (2000) * ''Un Momento en el Sonido'' (Columbia, 2005) * ''Paseo de Gracia'' (Sony, 2009) * ''Tierra'' (Sony, 2013) * ''Memoria de los Sentidos'' (Sony, 2017)

As sideman

With

* ''Bajo El Signo De Cain'' (WEA, 1993) * ''Laberinto'' (WEA, 1995) * ''Mordre Dans Ton Coeur'' (WEA, 1997) * ''Papitwo'' (WEA, 2012) With others *

, ''Me Voy Contigo'' (Hispavox, EMI 1997) *

Pedro Aznar Pedro Aznar (born 23 July 1959) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has a musical experience in jazz, Argentine folk and rock music and has a successful career as a solo artist. He is well known for giving rock songs a jazz-orient ...

, ''Mudras: Canciones De a Dos'' (Tabriz Music, 2003) *

David Bisbal David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''. He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...

, ''Premonicion'' (Vale Music, 2006) *

, ''The Feminine Side'' (Virgin, 1997) * Nacho Cano, ''A un Musical De'' (Warner, 2008) * Los Chunguitos, ''Vive a Tu Manera en Directo'' (EMI, 1988) *

, ''Soy Gitano'' (El Pais, 2010) * Tino di Geraldo, ''Burlerias'' (Nuevos Medios, 1994) *

Roberto Fonseca Roberto Fonseca (born 29 March 1975) is a Cuban jazz pianist. From an early age, Fonseca was surrounded by music: his father was drum player Roberto Fonseca, Sr, his mother, Mercedes Cortes Alfaro, a professional singer (she sings on her son ...

, ''Zamazu'' (Enja, 2007) * GNR, ''Sob Escuta'' (EMI, 1994) *

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, ''Bridges'' (Reprise, 2018) *

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, ''Hable Con Ella'' (Milan, 2002) * Azucar Moreno, ''Ojos Negros'' (Epic, 1992) *

Enrique Morente Enrique Morente Cotelo (25 December 1942 – 13 December 2010), known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer (in Spanish, cantaor) and a celebrated figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged in ...

& Lagartija Nick, ''Omega'' (El Europeo Musica, 1996) * Carlos Nunez, ''Os Amores Libres'' (RCA Victor, 1999) * Potito, ''Andando por Los Caminos'' (CBS, 1990) *

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, ''Tauromagia'' (Polydor, 1988) *

, ''El Alma al Aire'' (WEA, 2001) * Alejandro Sanz, ''Mas'' (WEA, 2006) * Sting, ''Sacred Love'' (A&M, 2003) *

, ''Baobab'' (Philips, 1990) * Wagner Tiso, ''Brazilian Scenes'' (Kardum/Iris, 1997) * Potito, ''Mi reencuentro'' (Concert Music Entertainment S.L, 2018) * El Pele, ''Canto'' (BMG Music Spain S.A, 2003)

References

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