Mia Barcia-Colombo

Mia Barcia-Colombo is a Los Angeles based cellist whose eclectic performance career spans multiple music industries. As a champion of new music, Mia performs many contemporary and commissioned works as a member of the Grammy nominated ensemble Wild Up, as well as Brightwork New Music, and the LA Phil’s Green Umbrella series. She also serves as a regular substitute cellist with the LA Philharmonic, where she has performed numerous concerts under the batons of renowned conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Thomas Ades, John Adams, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Zubin Mehta. Mia enjoys a multifaceted career as a freelance orchestral, chamber, pit, and studio cellist. She has recorded and performed with such notable artists as Bjork, The Beatles, Billie Eilish, Arianna Grande, and Bad Bunny, and can be found on soundtracks such as Avatar: The Way of Water, Disney’s Oscar-winning animated feature Encanto, and the 2021 remake of West Side Story. Mia is also starting her ninth season performing as a principal cellist of the genre-bending group Nu Deco Ensemble in Miami, Florida. She currently resides in Silverlake, and spends her remaining free time teaching cello, hiking, and adventuring with her dog sidekick, Tony.