Born in Valencia in 1985, Coll studied at the Valencia and Madrid Conservatoires before moving to London to work privately with Thomas Adès (his only pupil to-date) and with Richard Baker at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His chamber opera Café Kafka was premiered to great acclaim by Aldeburgh Music, Opera North and the Royal Opera and has since been produced at Valencia’s Palau de les Arts. Enemigo del pueblo¸ an evening-length opera after Ibsen, will premiere in November 2025. He has been Composer-in-Residence with Camerata Bern, the Orquesta de València, and as composer and conductor is Artistic Partner to the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias.

His Violin Concerto for Kopatchinskaja, commissioned by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, London Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, the NTR ZaterdagMatinee and Bamberger Symphoniker, premiered in February 2020. A Cello Concerto for Sol Gabetta premiered in 2022 with the Philharmonie de Paris, conducted by the composer, and received its UK premiere at the 2024 BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tianyi Lu. In 2024 the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Gustavo Gimeno premiered Ciudad sin sueño¸ a new work for piano and orchestra for Javier Perianes, which made its North American debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

A portrait disc of his orchestral works, with Gustavo Gimeno conducted, was released on Pentatone in 2021. Recent accolades include 2022 BBC Music Magazine Award for Camerata Bern’s recording of Les Plaisirs Illuminés which he conducted, and International Classical Music Awards in 2019 and 2022 (first composer recipient).