Gustavo Alonso López is a North American flamenco guitarist located in Walla Walla, WA. Born and raised in Idaho as the son of a Salvadoran immigrant, he is formally educated in architecture. His cross-disciplinary background guides a distinct career path coalescing around music. He has worked as a musician for over a decade in Washington, Texas, and Spain. For musical, personal, and cultural reasons, flamenco is the cornerstone of his creative practice. His music emerges from flamenco’s grassroots oral tradition and the institutionalized Western notation system, borrows concepts from classical music and jazz, and blurs lines between composition and improvisation. Dismantling stereotypes and building cross-cultural dialogue and understanding through music are key elements of Gustavo’s creative practice.

Gustavo recorded and produced his debut album, Punto Lejano, in 2014 and secured a Fulbright Fellowship to Spain in 2017, where he studied with some of Spain’s top guitarists. He released a second album, Espasón, in 2023 that included an international team of collaborators from the United States, Italy, and Spain. Shortly thereafter, he received a composition fellowship from The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, where he served as a composer-in-residence during the summer of 2024, and a GAP grant from Artist Trust of Washington State to work on his third album. This new album is currently in production.