Oscar Lopez, born in 1953 in Santiago, Chile, is a Chilean-Canadian guitarist known for blending Latin and jazz styles. He moved to Canada in 1978 and initially performed as an electric guitarist before transitioning to Latin-style acoustic guitar. His debut album Hola (1989) was released. In 1990, he met singer-songwriter James Keelaghan, leading to collaborations including the Juno Award-nominated albums Compadres (1997) and ¿Buddy Where You Been? (2007). Lopez signed with Narada Records in 1997 and released notable albums such as Armando's Fire (2000), for which he won a Juno Award in the Best Instrumental Album category. He took a break from performing due to depression but returned with the collaboration Trifecta (2009) with Pavlo and Rik Emmett, which was nominated for Best Instrumental Album at the 2010 Juno Awards.
