There is consensus among the press, programmers, audiences and his own colleagues in pointing to Marco Mezquida as one of the brightest and most promising appearances on the peninsula’s music scene in decades, and an artist prepared to take over any stage in the world. He has been awarded Musician of the Year by the Association of Jazz and Modern Musicians of Catalonia not once, but four times; he has received the 2019 City of Barcelona Award for “No hay dos sin tres” (with his project with Flamenco guitarist Juan Gómez “Chicuelo”, the Premi Alicia for Best Discographic Production for his most recent album Talismán, and has been summoned by an endless list of artists of the first order to make recordings and concerts all over the world.

Born in Menorca in 1987, he graduated from ESMUC in Barcelona in 2009 and since then has recorded twenty albums leading his own projects and forty more taking part in various projects alongside the best musicians in the country. He has performed in important jazz auditoriums, venues and festivals in more than thirty-five countries: Tokyo Jazz, Kolnër Philharmonie, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Jazz Na Fabrica in Sao Paulo, Hong Kong Arts Festival, San Sebastián Jazzaldia, Belgrade Jazz, ElbPhilharmonie (Hamburg), Parco della Musica in Rome, Teatro Café des Arts in Paris, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Palau de la Música de Barcelona, Auditori de Barcelona, Bimhuis in Amsterdam, Blue Note in New York and Tokyo, to name a few.

He has performed and recorded with jazz legends such as Lee Konitz and Dave Liebman and develops a fruitful career as a frontman: Ravel’s Dreams, his project with flamenco guitarist Chicuelo, Beethoven Collage, Talismán, or his acclaimed duo with the singer Silvia Pérez Cruz and the tandem with the dancer Sol Picó, or his praised solo piano concerts, where he enhances his role as an improviser and composer. Marco has also composed and recorded the music for two successful and award-winning theatrical plays by Julio Manrique, among other collaborations. He has received a dozen awards along his short and brilliant musical career: City of Barcelona Award, several Enderrock awards for best album of the year, Musician of the Year 4 times by the AMJM.