Biography
Jesús Amigo began his musical career at the Conservatorio Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga of Bilbao, where he studied piano, composition and flute. Later, he graduated in Orchestral Conducting with Maestro Octav Calleja, Enrique García Asensio, Antoni Ros Marbà and Sergiu Comissiona. It was decisive in his career to come into contact with Sergiu Celibidache and Carlo Maria Giulini
His career as a conductor started with the lead of the Madrid Real Conservatorio de Musica’s Symphony Orchestra (1995-1999) and that centre’s music contemporary group. With these groups he worked extensively as a teacher and as a concert artist; his performances in the Auditorio Nacional de Müsica and Musikfestpiele Saar in 1999 received great compliments from the critics.
In 2000 he was nominated Chief conductor and artistic conductor of the Orquesta de Extremadura, group that has managed to quickly impress audiences and critics for its high quality performances as well as their ambitious and attractive program.
His exceptional reputation secured by his musical integrity, his intensity and expressiveness have enabled him to present himself as a guest conductor in Europe, as well as in America and Asia. He has conducted very prestigious orchestras, including the Orquesta Nacional de España, the Orquesta de Cámara Reina Sofía, Sinfónica de Bilbao, Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Kammerorchester Berlin, Sinfónica del Estado de México, North Czech Philharmonic, Sinfonica di Roma, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Masan Philharmonic Orchestra, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and Beijing Symphony. He has collaborated with great artists such as Joaquín Achúcarro, María Joao Pires, Teresa Berganza, Radovan Vlatkovic, Gerard Caussé, Jorge Luis Prats, etc.
His recent engagements include various concerts in Switzerland and Korea, as well as some collaborations with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, Orquesta Sinfónica de Bienne, Gyeonggi Philharmonic, Robert Schumann Philharmonie in Chemintz (Germany), Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, Orquesta Metropolitana de Lisboa and Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias.