Kristin Amparo is a performer and composer from Stockholm who been working full time with music since the beginning of 2006. Kristin Amparo, who has her roots in jazz, Royal College of music and urban music is acclaimed for her incredible voice, her great songs and commitment. In 2009, she was assigned the Alice Babs scholarship with the motivation: "With captivating charisma and strong feeling for the history of jazz music and to its present Kristin Amparo creates heartfelt interpretations and daring improvisations over a wide stylistic spectrum." She has also been called "The closest Sweden has to Ella Fitzgerald and Amy Whinehouse in the othe same person. "DN Kultur.