Gustavo Costa

Gustavo Costa is a Portuguese drummer, percussionist and composer, born in Porto in 1976. Long active in the city's underground scene, he works across free improvisation, electroacoustic music and composition, and builds his own instruments. He is a founder and the artistic director of Sonoscopia, the Porto collective devoted to experimental music. Costa studied percussion, music technology, sonology and composition, and holds a PhD in Digital Media from the University of Porto. He has taught at the University of Aveiro and at ESMAE in Porto.