Albert Vila began his musical studies at the "Taller de Musics" Barcelona,  where he studied with Andy Rossety and Jose Luis Gamez. In 1999 he was accepted into the Conservatory of Amsterdam and followed the "jazz guitar performance" program, there he had the opportunity to study with Jesse Van Ruller. In 2004 he was awarded with the first prize in the Dutch Jazz Competition for his composition "Gym Jam". The following year the conservatory gave him a scholarship to join the graduate program at the prestigious "Manhattan School of Music" in New York, where he lessons from: Rodney Jones, Dave Liebman and Phil Markowitz. In 2007 after completing his post graduate studies he decided to return to his hometown, Barcelona. Once there he decided to lead a new project, he was awarded in 2007 with the prize in the national band competition in Donosti ”Debajazz”. Later in 2012, he won with the first prize at Jazz Hoeilaart competition for one of his songs. In 2015 is selected to follow a master in composition at the Koninklij Conservatorium of Brussels, and in that same year he participates together with Dave Douglas, Greg Hutchinson, Aaron Goldberg and Reuben Rogers at the Jalisco Jazz Festival.