Mercedes Hernández



    She was born in Santiago de Compostela and has studied singing, specialising in ancient music, at the Conservatory of Toulouse (France), the Musikhochschule of Trossingen (Germany) and the Schola Cantorum Basileiensis (Basil-Switzerland) with teachers such as Guillemette Laurens, Richard Levit and Montserrat Figueras.

        She takes part in concerts and recordings with well-konown groups such as La Capella Reial de Catalunya (Jordi Savall), Le Parlement de Musique (Martin Gester), Ensemble Elyma (Gabriel Garrido), The Harp Consort (Andrew Lawrence King), La Fenice (Jean Tubery), etc., having performed in many of the main auditoria and festivals in Europe and America.

   She grounds Resonet with luthist Fernando Reyes in Santiago de Compostela.

        In 2002 had her debut in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in the role of Ninfa in the opera by Claudio Monteverdi L'Orfeo conducted by Jordi Savall.