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.