Joan Albert Amargós is a Spanish composer and conductor born in Barcelona in 1950.
Amargós is an instrumentalist on piano and clarinet, and has composed a number of chamber and symphonic works.
He is also a great connoisseur of Flamenco, which has served as the basis for some of his compositions, which always breathe a brightness and colour distinctly Mediterranean.
He also won the Ciudad de Barcelona Prize the same year, for his collaborations with Miguel Poveda.
He also collaborated with Flamenco legends Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla He has composed the soundtracks of several motion pictures.