Natasja Douma received her first piano lessons from her grandmother, the concert pianist Roeli Schijf-Verhoog. She continued her studies at the School for Young Talent at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with Jan Boumans and Marcel Baudet. In 1989 she started her higher music education studies with the well-known Dutch pianist Jan Wijn at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she obtained the Teaching Musician and Performing Musician diplomas. Afterwards, Natasja pursued further studies in the field of song accompaniment with Rudolf Jansen, which she completed with distinction in September 2000.
In June 2022, Natasja obtained her Master’s Degree, including an extensive artistic research project focused on the Cello Sonata by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Natasja won the SJMN (Stichting Jong Muziektalent Nederland) competition twice. She also won second prize at the Competition for the European Music Prize in Antwerp. In 2013, together with violinist Isobel Warmelink, she won the NTR prize for the best performance of the compulsory work (Music minus one or two by Guus Janssen) during the Davina van Wely national violin competition.

Natasja is a much sought-after duo partner, chamber musician and accompanist, who performs frequently in the Netherlands and internationally in France, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg. Since 1998, she works as a coach pianist at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where she has coached and supported many young artists on their way to become professional musicians