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Cristian Amigo
His awards include fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and Meet the Composer. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council for the Arts, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the American Composers Forum, and Innova Recordings, among many others. The 2012 New Grove Dictionary of American Music will contain an entry on Cristian and his music. In 2011, he produced the recording NYFA: 25 Years of New York New Music, an anthology that includes music from Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Joan Tower, Eliot Sharp, ETHEL, and hundreds of others.
Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and Meet the Composer. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council for the Arts, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the American Composers Forum, and Innova Recordings, among many others. The 2012 New Grove Dictionary of American Music will contain an entry on Cristian and his music.
Gear
guitars: Gibson ES-175, Gibson Les Paul Standard, EPI Emperor Regent, Fender Telecasters, Fender Stratocaster, Godin, Hagstrom Viking. amps: Fender slides: brass and glass fx: compressor, eq, reverb, delay, OCD, tubescreamer.
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-GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE
” Guitarist-composer Cristian Amigo straddles the contemporary-classical, improv and rock worlds; no wonder he calls his Kingdom of Jones a “new music jam-band.” During any given performance, Messiaen grapples with Led Zeppelin while Perez Prado teaches Stravinsky to mambo.”
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Location
New York City
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
This is Cristian. Maybe you've reached a plateau in your playing and hearing. i see taking lessons with me as a kind of coaching/producing where I suggest pathways to develop both your technical and easthetic sensibilities. I give lessons in both guitar (total concepts beyond style) and composition (new music, jazz and Western Art, and selected topics in World Music). I will be taking on about 5 students in the Fall of 2008 in New York City. Ideally, you would have one lesson a month. I charge $100 for a two hour session. I have a Ph.D in ethnomusicology from UCLA, and have received many awards and commissions including a Guggenheim in music composition. My theoretical experience lies beyond Western art and jazz music, and I am committed to training the best musicians of the present and future. That includes identifying and engaging the evolving issues and techniques of music. contact: [email protected]
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Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson