Hailing from Brownsville, TX, Gustavo Aguilar has performed at major festivals throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, including IRCAM’s Festival Agora (Paris), the Zagreb Biennale International Festival of New Music (Croatia), the Acousmania International Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music (Bucharest), the Jooksan International Arts Festival (Seoul), the Green Mills Project (Melbourne), the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella New Music Series, and the Interpretations Music Series (NYC) among others. He studied and performed with Wadada Leo Smith and has worked with Anthony Braxton, Tom Buckner, Roy Campbell, Nels Cline, Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser, Lisle Ellis, Vinny Golia, Charlie Haden, Earl Howard, George Lewis, Mary Oliver, Adam Rudolph, and many others.