He was established as a first-class artist in May 1989, when he unanimously won the Premio Ramón Montoya, an award given in the Concert Guitar category at the 12th edition of the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba. Later on he won the Concurso Internacional de Extremadura, an international music contest. He entered the Festival Nacional del Cante de las Minas in La Unión, a flamenco contest where he won first prize in the guitar category. In 1988 he decided to start his solo career. However, his name started to gain recognition with Manolo Sanlucar’s influence, with whom he studied and worked for several years. Also in Córdoba he took his first steps as a musician supported by local guitarists El Tomate and El Merengue. It was there, when he was only 8, where he received his first Spanish guitar as a gift. Guitaristīorn in Guadalcanal (Seville, Spain), Vicente Amigo grew up in Córdoba, Spain, where he still resides. Vicente Amigo (Guadalcanal, Seville, 1967).