Nilo Gallego (Leon), musician and performer, plays drums, percussion and electronics. At present he belongs to the Cova Villegas quintet (contemporary jazz). He has shared stage improvising with musicians, dancers or performers such as Pablo Rega, Africa Navarro, Patricia Lamas, Chefa Alonso, Markus Breuss, Günter Heinz, Wade Matthews, Phil Durrant, etc. Besides he has participated in improvisation orchestras directed by Peter Kowald, Butch Morris, Le Quan Ninh, Wolfgang Fuchs, Dave Tucker and Roland Ramanan.
He is a member of the Música Libre collective, dedicated to the improvised music in Spain. Also, at Leon, he belongs to the Piensan Las Manos collective (next to Chus Domínguez and Marino García), specialized in documental films.
Nilo Gallego has created several soundtracks for theatre, installations and contemporary dance. Since the year 2003 he is coordinator and performer in the project "Yavestruz comoandamios parecementerio" (music and action improvised on scaffolds in public works) and in 2004 he creates in Leon the "taller espontáneo de pequeñas nadas" (specialised in street performances).
Creator of numerous sonorous actions, Nilo Gallego has participated regularly in a great amount of festivals as musician and performer.