Mercedes Zavala: Snow Upon Snow

Snow Upon Snow, a new recording dedicated to the music of composer Mercedes Zavala, performed by Plural Ensemble under the direction of Fabián Panisello.
The album brings together nine works composed between 2004 and 2025, offering a journey through Zavala’s creative universe, shaped by the presence of poetry, literature, and elements such as snow, ice, and water.
Recorded live at the Sala Mozart of the Auditorio de Galicia in Santiago de Compostela, the programme features works for piano and ensemble, reflecting the richness, sonic imagination, and expressive intensity of one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music.
TITLE
Snow Upon Snow
composer
Mercedes Zavala
Performers
Conductor
Fabián Panisello
PluralEnsemble
Lope Morales, flute
Antonio Lapaz, clarinet
Duncan Gifford, Piano
Ema Alexeeva, violin
Ana María Alonso, viola
Michal Dmochowski, Cello
content
- Snow Upon Snow (2005) haiku for piano
- Variaciones en blanco (2008)
- Un pájaro en el jardín (2004) for piano
- Sin pájaros (2025) for viola and piano
- Implacable Ice (2012) for piano
- Omen, exilio for bass flute (2020)
- Desvío (2015)
- Bipolar (2022)
- Cual (Un ciervo en el desván) (2024)




