Maria Lluïsa Colom was born in Barcelona to a family of musicians and started playing the piano at the age of five with her aunt Rosa Colom. She carried forward at the Conservatori Superior Municipal de Música where she studied under masters Carles Pellicer, Joan Massià, Joan Pich Santasusana and Joaquim Zamacois. There, she was awarded the chamber music Premi d’Honor, Premi Onia Farga, Premi Maria Barrientos and Premi Extraordinari. This last award gave her the oportunity to make her début with the Orquestra Municipal de Barcelona, conducted by master Eduard Toldrà, at the Palau de la Música Catalana.
She finished her degree with a piano teaching diploma (Diploma de Capacitat per a l’Ensenyament del Piano).
Then, she took part in a contest held by the French Institute of Barcelona and was awarded a scholarship to study in Paris. She finally settled in France and perfected her studies at l’École Normal de Musique in Paris, where she got the licence à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury.
The Culture Ministry awarded her, after public examinations, the Certificat d’Aptitude.
With this titles, she could develop her teaching at l’École Normale de Musique in Paris and at the Conservatoire National de Région in Perpignan.
Her musical career is divided amongst her solo pianist and chamber musician vocations. She has been part of several ensembles with violin, cello, flute, quintets, piano duets, accompanying singers in the lieder repertoire and French melodies.
She also took part in the Eté Musical en Côte Vermeille and Piano en Méditerranée festivals.
She collaborated in diverse fields: Spanish music interpretation courses, being a jury member of the Concurso Internacional de Piano en Zaragoza, and founding the Sherzando Association to promote young talents.
She has performed in Spain, France, England, Switzerland and Germany; and has recorded for Radio Nacional in Madrid and Barcelona, Rundfunk Radio Station Frankfurt, and France 3 Languedoc-Roussillon.
Her curiosity towards art is not limited to music. And her interest in fine arts brings her to bring several pictorial techniques into play.
This fusion between music and painting brought encouraged her to experiment with her pupils in music/painting sessions. This resulted in some simple, spontanious, and colorful illustrations.
After a time for meditation, she then created the Music in Colour workshop, to favor artistic creation, not only among music students, but also in any other collectives.
