Carlos Zíngaro (or Carlos "Zíngaro" Alves, born 15 December 1948) is a Portuguese violinist and electronic musician active in free improvisation.

Zingaro has performed at many music festivals in Europe, Asia and America.

Zingaro was a founding member and director of the Lisbon art gallery Cómicos from 1984 till 1990, and his work has been exhibited, awarded several prizes for his illustration, comics and paintings, samples of which can be seen on a number of CD sleeves.

Since 2002 he is the founder and president of experimental arts / music association GRANULAR.

A Caixa - written by Sérgio Godinho, illustrated by Carlos Zíngaro.