EL AMIR Flamenco Quartet

Amir John Haddad was born in Freiburg (Germany) with a Colombian and Palestinian background. His family environment taught him how to play music by ear; he was only seven years old when he started studying the Flamenco guitar after learning Arabic oud at home at the hands of his father and first teacher Rimon Haddad. By the age of 12 he gave his first public concert.

Since a very young age Amir was led to diverse music styles ranging from South American folklore to classical music, classical Arabic and Oriental music over to African music and Flamenco… as well as contemporary influences like Jazz, Rock, Funk, Pop, Metal, Fusion…

Years later Amir decided to move to Andalusia (Spain) to live and study guitar in one of the most important birthplaces of Flamenco, Jerez de la Frontera. He then moved to Madrid, where he played in famous ¨flamenco tablaos¨ such as Las Carboneras, Café de Chinitas, Casa Patas, etc. He was awarded the first prize at the national ¨Certamen de Coreografía de Danza Española y Flamenco¨ at the Teatro Albeniz in Madrid. He has released several albums on his own: ¨9 Guitarras”, “Pasando por tabernas” and two albums with his quartet “Zoobazar UNO” and “Zoobazar DOS”.