Mar Vilaseca

Vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Mar Vilaseca was born in 1998, in Barcelona, Spain. Mar grew up in a musical environment and learned how to play and sing at a very young age. She was classically trained in piano and traditional harmony at the Conservatorio del Liceo. At the age of 14, she started singing professionally in her father’s band, where she began her career in jazz and modern music. Mar finished her classical studies in 2016 and decided to focus her career on vocal jazz. She studied her Undergraduate Degree in Jazz Voice at the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, graduating in 2020. Upon graduation, In August of 2020, Mar released her Debut Album Find The Way, presenting all original compositions. Subsequently, she moved to New York to study her Master of Music in Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, with Professors Wynton Marsalis, Carla Cook, Elio Villafranca, and Donald Vega among others. She graduated in 2022 with the JCAF Award. Mar has collaborated with numerous artists including Hermeto Pascoal, Elio Villafranca, Joe Saylor, José Madera, Emmet Cohen, Benny Benack or Steven Feifke. She has performed at various international music festivals such as Barcelona Jazz Festival (Spain), Guangzhou Jazz Festival (China), and Festival de Jazz de Bogotá (Colombia). She has played in acclaimed jazz clubs in the United States, for instance Jazz At Lincoln Center, Birdland, Smalls Jazz Club, The Jazz Gallery, The Jazz Showcase, Winter’s Jazz Club and Chris’ Jazz Café, and she has also participated in televised advertisements, movie overdubs, film scoring, and fashion events. Mar Vilaseca is currently persuading her career in the United States.