gutiérrez talent was then discovered by doc severinsen who heard him play in a restaurant in san miguel de allende. severinsen led the nbc orchestra for twenty years on johnny carson’s tonight show. they recorded their first album together in 2007 called en mi corazon. gutierrez is the band leader, founder and musical director of the group the san miguel 5 and they have performed with symphony orchestras across the united states. other musicians of the san miguel 5 include grammy award winning violinist charlie bisharat, cuban percussionist jimmy branly and bass player kevin thomas. in 2011 gil gutiérrez and doc severinsen played at new york city’s carnegie hall accompanied by the new york pops under the direction of conductor steven reineke. gutiérrez has performed as a soloist with the minnesota symphony, florida symphony and with the doc severinsen big band tour in dallas, texas. in 2013 he was the featured artist and directed the ensemble at the calaca festival honoring chavela vargas in san miguel de allende. constantly pushing boundaries as a musical director he brings together new combinations of musicians and musical styles. these include opera, jazz, cantaor flamenco, cuban and mexican styles to create performances considered the cultural vanguard. among his works are performances of his original compositions with the new york choral society and scoring of several films including el cochero, el alcazar de chapultepec and una causa noble. gutiérrez composed and performed the soundtrack for the documentary film lost and found in mexico. in 2013 gutierrez was featured in the national geographic traveler documentary the granny diaries. he was a special guest soloist with arturo sandoval in the mexico city palace of fine arts.