Cristian Amigo

Cristian Amigo is an acoustic and electric guitarist with an improvising bent. Amigo writes chamber and orchestral music, electronic music, theatre, film, and performance works, fierce riffs, and songs. He has worked as a session guitarist with Cheick-Tidiane Seck, Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin, Narada Michael Walden, Jim Lang, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, John Van Tongeron, Les Hooper, Bernardo Palombo, Fer Isella, Lalo Izquierdo (Peru Negro), Ed Barguiarena, and others. Before relocating to New York, Cristian played in Los Angeles with various groups including David Ornette Cherry’s free jazz/funk/world music Impressions of Energy (Playboy Jazz Festival, The Knitting Factory, Jazz Bakery, Catalina’s, World Stage), which also features Justo Almario, Reggie Carson, Don Littleton, Phil Ranelin, Ralph "Buzzy" Jones, and Roberto Miranda. He also performed with Guinean guitarist Abdoulaye Diabete and the free improvisation collective Surrealestate.