Oscar Lopez (guitarist)
| Oscar Lopez | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 63–64) Santiago, Chile |
| Origin | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Genres | New Flamenco, Instrumental, Latin, Jazz, Folk, World |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, guitarist, composer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Fantasy of Latin Strings, Jericho Beach Music, Narada, Centino Music, P.R.O. |
| Associated acts | James Keelaghan, Pavlo, Rik Emmett |
| Website | www.oscarlopez.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| D'Addario strings Pro Arte EJ46 Hard Tension Silverplated Wound Clear Nylon | |
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| Awards won | 2 | ||||||||||
| Nominations | 7 | ||||||||||
Oscar Lopez (born 1953) is a Chilean-Canadian guitarist, whose signature style blends Latin and jazz styles.
Lopez was born in Santiago, Chile, studying music through the University of Chile's youth music program. He moved to Canada in 1978, initially settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba before moving to Calgary, Alberta in 1981. He began pursuing music as a career, initially as an electric guitarist in a rock cover band before starting to perform as a Latin-style acoustic guitarist.
He was a regional finalist for Western Canada in the Montreal International Jazz Festival's national Concours de Jazz in 1987.
He released his debut album Hola in 1989.
At the 1990 Northern Lights Festival Boréal, Lopez and singer-songwriter James Keelaghan met for the first time and began to explore the fusion of Celtic and Latin music. The duo undertook a number of tours together, and contributed as guest musicians on each other's solo albums before recording two Juno Award-nominated albums, Compadres (1997) and ¿Buddy Where You Been? (2007) as a duo.
At the Juno Awards of 1995, Lopez garnered his first nomination for Best Global Recording, for the album Dancing on the Moon Contigo.
He signed to Narada Records in 1997.
In 1998, Lopez co-produced Volcán: Tributo a José José, a tribute album dedicated to the iconic Mexican singer José José. He received a nomination for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1998, the same year in which the album Compadres was nominated for Best Roots & Traditional Album – Group.
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