Cristian Amigo (born 1963) is an American composer, improviser, guitarist, sound designer, and ethnomusicologist.
His compositional and performing output includes blues and soul, music for the theater, chamber and orchestral music, opera, avant-jazz and rock music, and art/pop song.
He has also recorded solo albums on the innova, Deep Ecology and BA labels.
Amigo earned a Ph.D.
in Ethnomusicology from UCLA where he focused on the music of Chile, Peru, and Argentina.
He is currently composer-in-residence at INTAR Theater in New York City and Adjunct Professor of Theater sound Design at BMCC (CUNY).
His awards include the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition, a Senior Fulbright Scholar/Teacher/Artist Award (Bolivia), and the Van Leir Fellowship from Meet the Composer.