Marta Gomez
Biography Marta Gomez
Marta Gomez
The Colombian singer/songwriter Marta Gómez is, among other things, the winner of the 2014 Latin Grammy and wrote the song Para la guerra nada (Nothing at all for the war), initiating the international campaign of the same name. She studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and was nominated for the Billboard premiere of Latin American music in the jazz category in 2005, together with Paco de Lucía, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Néstor Torres.
With her album Entre Cada Palabra (Between every word, 2005, Cheesky Records), she received the award for Best National World Music Act in 2006 from the daily newspaper Boston Phoenix (USA).
Her fifth production, Musiquita (2011, Aluna Music), once again placed her in the top ten of the European world music charts for several weeks. Her ninth album, Este Instante (This Moment, 2015, Aluna Music), is full of magic and stories, of invented and concrete realities, which converge in the long-term musical search for her sound, a sound full of freshness and new sounds.
She has also worked with artists such as Martirio, well-known in the world of flamenco and winner of a Grammy and MTV award, Andrea Echeverri, the flagship of Colombian rock and the talented Israeli jazz clarinetist, Anat Cohen.
Her music mixes the joy of the Caribbean and the nostalgia of the Andes, creating songs that draw on everyday life and a deep social and human content.
Marta Gómez currently lives in Barcelona, the place from which she launched her campaign Para la Guerra Nada. A musical project with a clear message: no human effort should be dedicated to the creation of weapons and wars. For this project, Marta collaborated with various artists from all over the world, such as Piero, Leon Gieco, Pedro Aznar and Inti-Illimani.
