Mia Barcia-Colombo Artist Bio

"Mia Barcia-Colombo is a Los Angeles based cellist whose eclectic and diverse performance career spans multiple musical industries. Being an LA native, Mia spent her formative years studying at the Colburn School of the Performing Arts where she was the principal cello of both youth orchestras and participated in the honors chamber ensemble in residence. After high school she was accepted into the studio of Eleonore Schoenfeld at the USC Thornton School of Music, and also played principal cello in the American Youth Symphony until 2008. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Cello Performance at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of Amit Peled.

Mia is an active orchestral and chamber musician, as well as a champion of contemporary music. She has performed as a substitute cellist with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mia has also spent extensive time performing newly written and commissioned works with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra as well as acclaimed contemporary ensemble wild Up. Mia also spends part of her year on stage with genrebending contemporary group Nu Deco Ensemble in Miami, Florida. She has attended many music festivals locally and internationally, including the Aspen School of Music, Idyllwild Arts, Encore School for Strings, and Lake George Music Festival. In 2018 she spent five months touring the world performing nightly with a piano quintet as part of the Lincoln Center Stage program.

Aside from classical performance Mia has also spent time in the studio recording for TV, movies, and alternative artists. She has performed on stage with artists such as Bjork and Michael Buble and has also spent time writing and arranging string parts for bands on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show. She currently resides in Silverlake and spends her remaining free time teaching cello at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica."