Laura Ospina completed her advanced studies with the polish pedagogue Henryk Zarzycki at the National University of Colombia in 2002. In 1999, she won the national competition “Roberto Mantilla” to play as soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, and, after that, she has played as soloist with the foremost orchestras in Colombia and has presented recitals in the main concert halls across Colombia. From 1999 to 2000, Ms. Ospina was Principal Cellist of the Cundinamarca's Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2000 to 2003, she played as Assistant Principal at Bogota's Philharmonic Orchestra, and, from 2003 to 2008, she served as Principal Cellist at the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia.
In recent years, Ms. Ospina has been actively teaching. From 2004 to 2008, she served as the Cello Professor at the Central University of Bogota and the University of Andes. She has been part of international Festivals as FOSJA (Puerto Rico), International Piano Festival (Colombia), Carlos Prieto Cello Competition (Mexico), Chamber Music Festival (Cuba), Sabaudia Music Festival (Italy), Carpineto Romano (Italy) and National University Cello Festival (Colombia).
In 2009, Ms. Ospina was invited as soloist with the Holguin Symphony in Cuba, and during 2010 and 2011, she was part of the International Chamber Orchestra in Rome, Italy. In 2013, Ms. Ospina played as soloist with Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra and Latina Philharmonia in Italy. In 2016, she played as soloist with Fondi Chamber Orchestra in Italy.
Ms. Ospina finished her master’s degree at Texas Christian University, under the tutelage of Dr. Jesus Castro-Balbi. Currently, she plays as Principal Cello with Las Colinas Symphony, Odysseus Chamber Orchestra and San Angelo Symphony. She also serves as tutti section for East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony, Irving Symphony and Abilene Philharmonic.
She is currently Cello Professor of Mountain View College in Dallas and Fort Worth Country Day. Ms. Ospina lives in Fort Worth with her husband, Italian clarinetist Ivan Petruzziello, and their children, Tomas and Olivia.