Mercedes Zavala

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Mercedes Zavala Gironés (Madrid 1963) is a Spanish composer and teacher. She has also developed remarkable work in disseminating the music of historical women composers.

 

In the 90s she joined the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid as a full-time professor of harmony, actively participating as a pianist at the Grupo Secuencia, exploring the theatrical and sociological aspects of musical performance and improvisation, playing his own works for solo piano or chamber music in Spain, Vienna and the United States. In 1996, she traveled to Senegal to study certain aspects of African music, and in 1997 she graduated in Philosophy.

 

In the 2000s, she became involved in research on gender studies, collaborated with Radio Nacional de España, chaired the Asociación Mujeres en la Música for three years and joined the board of the Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas UCM in Madrid. She is currently professor of composition and 20th century music at the Teresa Berganza Professional Conservatory of Music in Madrid, having been responsible for the composition department for a decade.

 

Her projection as a composer is increasingly broad and established, being frequently called upon to participate in juries and composition workshops. She is currently preparing several projects including comissions and collaborations in Denmark, Italy, Spain, Australia and the United States, mainly. His works include chamber and orchestral music, educational works, occasional musical theater, and a persistent influence from literature, one of the sources from which his music draws deeply.

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Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first

Concerto


POLARIS for toy piano (or celesta) and ensemble (2021)
EL LIBRO DE LA ALMOHADA for solo clarinet and ensemble (2005)

Solo Instrument


OMEN Exilio 2 para flauta (baja) (2020)
TOY COUNTERPOINTS for Toy Piano I-Moderato II-Allegro deciso III-Toy Dance (2018)
PLAY THE PIANO solo piano (2017)
SANSUEÑA Exilio para piano (2016)
2 EXILIOS para trombón 1-Monologuetto 2-Girovago (2016)
HUG THE DARK Solo guitar (2015)
WINGS & BEAKS O "Pájaro del progreso", cagafierro de Picasso (2014)
HAIKUS DE LA NIEVE Solo Harp (2014)
VERBORREA exilio para flauta (2013)
VERBORREA Exilio para flauta de pico alto (2013)
5 miradas para guitarra 1-La gruta de los ecos 2-Rocking Rock 3-Nubes 4-Minipieza 5-Canción (2011)
MIRADA Children Pieces for solo piano Colección de piezas infantiles (1990)

Chamber Group ( 2 - 4 instruments )


GIRIH para Violín y Arpa (2018)
MICROCAGES for two flutes (2017)
EL ÁNGEL DE LO SÚBITO para Violín, Cello y Piano (2014)
MUDANZA para flauta, clarinete y piano (2014)
MUDANZA para flauta, oboe y piano (2014)
MUDANZA for flute, soprano sax and piano (2014)
INTERMEZZO para cuarteto de cuerda (2009)
LA IMAGEN DEL ESPEJO Planto a la memoria de Mercedes Gironés (2008)
Haikus de la luna for alto flute and harp (2003)
PERSISTENCIA for flute, clarinet and piano (1989)

Mixed Ensemble


DESVÍO para flauta, clarinete, violín, viola, violonchelo y piano (2015)

Opera


BESTIARIUM Mini Ópera sobre poemas de Dulce María Loynaz (2011)

String Quartet


INTERMEZZO para cuarteto de cuerda (2009)

Instrumental Music


POLARIS for toy piano (or celesta) and ensemble (2021)
OMEN Exilio 2 para flauta (baja) (2020)
TOY COUNTERPOINTS for Toy Piano I-Moderato II-Allegro deciso III-Toy Dance (2018)
GIRIH para Violín y Arpa (2018)
MICROCAGES for two flutes (2017)
PLAY THE PIANO solo piano (2017)
2 EXILIOS para trombón 1-Monologuetto 2-Girovago (2016)
SANSUEÑA Exilio para piano (2016)
HUG THE DARK Solo guitar (2015)
HAIKUS DE LA NIEVE Solo Harp (2014)
EL ÁNGEL DE LO SÚBITO para Violín, Cello y Piano (2014)
WINGS & BEAKS O "Pájaro del progreso", cagafierro de Picasso (2014)
MUDANZA for flute, soprano sax and piano (2014)
MUDANZA para flauta, oboe y piano (2014)
MUDANZA para flauta, clarinete y piano (2014)
VERBORREA Exilio para flauta de pico alto (2013)
VERBORREA exilio para flauta (2013)
5 miradas para guitarra 1-La gruta de los ecos 2-Rocking Rock 3-Nubes 4-Minipieza 5-Canción (2011)
LA IMAGEN DEL ESPEJO Planto a la memoria de Mercedes Gironés (2008)
9 haikus para percusión solo & duo mallets (2008)
EL LIBRO DE LA ALMOHADA for solo clarinet and ensemble (2005)
Haikus de la luna for alto flute and harp (2003)
EL JARDÍN DE SENDEROS QUE SE BIFURCAN para 2 pianos (1998)
MIRADA Children Pieces for solo piano Colección de piezas infantiles (1990)
PERSISTENCIA for flute, clarinet and piano (1989)

String Orchestra


REMANSO para orquesta de cuerda (2008)

Solo Voice and Accompaniment


LA SED, para barítono y piano Sobre poemas de Ada Salas (2004)
LA SED, para mezzo y piano sobre poemas de Ada Salas (2004)
LA SED, para soprano y piano sobre poemas de Ada Salas. (2004)

Percussion Ensemble


SEIS PROPUESTAS PARA EL PRÓXIMO MILENIO para cuatro percusionistas (2000)
2 EXILIOS para trombón 1-Monologuetto 2-Girovago (2016)
5 miradas para guitarra 1-La gruta de los ecos 2-Rocking Rock 3-Nubes 4-Minipieza 5-Canción (2011)
9 haikus para percusión solo & duo mallets (2008)
BESTIARIUM Mini Ópera sobre poemas de Dulce María Loynaz (2011)
DESVÍO para flauta, clarinete, violín, viola, violonchelo y piano (2015)
EL ÁNGEL DE LO SÚBITO para Violín, Cello y Piano (2014)
EL JARDÍN DE SENDEROS QUE SE BIFURCAN para 2 pianos (1998)
EL LIBRO DE LA ALMOHADA for solo clarinet and ensemble (2005)
GIRIH para Violín y Arpa (2018)
Haikus de la luna for alto flute and harp (2003)
HAIKUS DE LA NIEVE Solo Harp (2014)
HUG THE DARK Solo guitar (2015)
INTERMEZZO para cuarteto de cuerda (2009)
LA IMAGEN DEL ESPEJO Planto a la memoria de Mercedes Gironés (2008)
LA SED, para barítono y piano Sobre poemas de Ada Salas (2004)
LA SED, para mezzo y piano sobre poemas de Ada Salas (2004)
LA SED, para soprano y piano sobre poemas de Ada Salas. (2004)
MICROCAGES for two flutes (2017)
MIRADA Children Pieces for solo piano Colección de piezas infantiles (1990)
MUDANZA for flute, soprano sax and piano (2014)
MUDANZA para flauta, oboe y piano (2014)
MUDANZA para flauta, clarinete y piano (2014)
OMEN Exilio 2 para flauta (baja) (2020)
PERSISTENCIA for flute, clarinet and piano (1989)
PLAY THE PIANO solo piano (2017)
POLARIS for toy piano (or celesta) and ensemble (2021)
REMANSO para orquesta de cuerda (2008)
SANSUEÑA Exilio para piano (2016)
SEIS PROPUESTAS PARA EL PRÓXIMO MILENIO para cuatro percusionistas (2000)
TOY COUNTERPOINTS for Toy Piano I-Moderato II-Allegro deciso III-Toy Dance (2018)
VERBORREA Exilio para flauta de pico alto (2013)
VERBORREA exilio para flauta (2013)
WINGS & BEAKS O "Pájaro del progreso", cagafierro de Picasso (2014)