Vicente Amigo

Biography

Vicente Amigo Girol was born in Guadalcanal (Sevilla) in 1967, but can be considered to be from Córdoba, since he spent most of his live in this city of the Mosque He is one of the most important guitarists of current times He received his first classes from the maestro from Cordoba Rafael el Tomate and Merengue, later he passed through the hands of Manolo Sanlúcar

Afterwards he joined up with El Pele, with whom he recorded on numerous occasions, as with Luis de Córdoba, Vicente Soto or Salmarina In 1988 he began to devote himself exclusively to giving concerts He participated alongside Paco de Lucía in Guitarras de leyenda, a show that was celebrated in Sevilla in 1992 as a prelude to the Universal Exhibition

Before this he won the First Award in Badajoz´s International Guitar Competition (1988) and that of the Minas de la Unión - Mines of la Union -(1989), as well as the Ramón Montoya Award in Cordoba´s National Competition of the same year He composed Rafael Albertis Concierto para un marinero en tierra, alongside Leo Brouwer The record was entitled Poeta, but he had already recorded two, of which Vivencias imaginadas (1991) stands out He also worked as producer for Remedios Amaya and José Mercé and has once more triumphed with his record, Ciudad de las ideas