Biography

El Amir is the only flamenco guitarist of his kind and level capable of playing many different music styles and different string instruments with outstanding skill, mastery, and virtuosity being innovative and fresh. He is a multi-ethnic musician, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, musical director, and maestro as well as a speaker in conferences where he speaks about Emotion, Intuition & Technique. He is known for his great personality, creativity, maturity, sound and original style. El Amir has collaborated with a very long list of renowned artists: Hans Zimmer, Radio Tarifa, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Juno Reactor (Matrix), Kroke (Steven Spielberg), Lisa Gerard, Maria Dolores Pradera, Jorge Pardo (Ex-Paco de Lucía), Chambao, Joaquin Sabina, Gavin Greenaway, Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) Josemi Carmona (Ketama), Enrique de Melchor, Lola Greco, Joaquin Ruiz, Tomasito, Gerardo Nuñez, Raimundo Amador, Antonio Canales, Shankar Mahadevan (John McLaughin-Shakti), Navajita Plateá, Radio Symphonic Orchestra Vienna, Naseer Shama, Estrella Morente, Miguel Poveda, José Mercé, Diego El Cigala, … just to name a few of them. El Amir has joined the new and amazing Project “Canción Andaluza by Paco de Lucia” to form a powerful guitar tandem with Paco de Lucia’s nephew Jose Maria Bandera. El Amir has been featuring as a soloist in the Tour of the renowned music film Hollywood composer “The World of Hans Zimmer” 2018-2019-2020.