Gonzalo X. Ruiz is one of America’s most sought after historical woodwind soloists, and is also an active director and guitarist. In recent seasons He has appeared as principal oboist and soloist with leading groups in the U.S. and Europe, such as The English Concert, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sonnerie, Wiener Akademie, Philharmonia, Trinity Wall Street, The Boston Early Music Festival. He has been featured in numerous recordings of orchestral, chamber, and solo repertoire and his reconstructions of the original versions of Bach’s Orchestral Suites received a Grammy nomination in 2010.  Mr. Ruiz teaches at The Juilliard School, and his former students now fill the ranks of top groups across the country.  Equally accomplished on the modern oboe, he was principeal oboe of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.  For many years Mr. Ruiz led the ensemble American Baroque, specializing in new music commissions, for which he received the 2000 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.. He is Associate Music Director of Southern California’s Musica Angelica.