Mexican cellist Gustavo Martín has a busy career as chamber musician and educator. He has performed in the most important concert halls in Mexico, as well as in auditoriums in the United States, Canada, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy and Japan. He has recorded 10 albums, focusing on Mexican concert repertoire. Two of his albums stand out: Canto de Estío, comprising music for cello and guitar and piano by Mexican composers; and Muy cerca, with music for violoncello from Mexico and Brazil. He has also recorded Mexican music for string quartet (with the Cuarteto de Cuerdas de la Ciudad de México for the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle). He is a member of the Croma ensemble, which is devoted to chamber music for strings. He has also performed with members of La Fontegara, recording repertoire from the XVII and XVIII Centuries, with both harpsichord and fortepiano. He was a founding member of the Coghlan string trio and Ensamble Acústico Arcana. Moreover, he was granted a scholarship by the FONCA-MEXICO.

Gustavo Martín studied at the National School of Music (UNAM) with Enrique Marmissolle and Ignacio Mariscal. He completed his postgraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University, with Anne Martindale-Williams and David Premo. He continued his studies by participating in various master courses; two certifications in chamber music with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano; and has studied violoncello with Slava Ponomarev and Mary Hellen Blossom. He received a PhD in Music Performance from the UNAM. His doctoral research focused on XX century Mexican music for violoncello and piano.

Gustavo Martín has worked with many performers, such as: Juan Antonio Santoyo, Juan Carlos Laguna, Alethia Lozano, Aurelio León, Józef Olechowski, Virgina Covarrubias, María Teresa Frenk, Pablo Garibay, Eunice Padilla, Irasema Terrazas, Samantha George, Rie Watanabe, Carlos Lot, Eduardo Espinosa, Melinda Zak and Manuel Hernández. He has also premiered various chamber works (for unaccompanied violoncello, for violoncello and piano, guitar, string trio, as well as trio and piano). Composers such as Eduardo Gamboa, Enrique Santos, Kavindu (Alejandro Velasco), Lucía Álvarez and Diana Syrse have dedicated works to him.

As a composer, Gustavo Martín has written music for two theater plays and his catalogue of compositions includes works for various chamber ensembles and vocal works. In 2005, he was granted the National University Award for Young Academicians (DUNJA) in Arts Teaching. He is a tenured Professor at UNAM's Faculty of Music, teaching cello and chamber music.