Laura Mercado-Wright
Laura Mercado-Wright, mezzo-soprano
Grammy® and Latin Grammy® nominee, mezzo-soprano Laura Mercado-Wright, has been lauded by The New York Times as “superb”, “dramatically astute” and “stunningly agile”. She performs and records regularly with Conspirare, and has appeared with other acclaimed ensembles including The Crossing, Seraphic Fire, Vocal Arts Ensemble, and Artefact Ensemble. Notable appearances include Charles Wuorinen’s cantata It Happens Like This with The MET Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, and the west coast premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s one-woman opera, The Raven at the Los Angeles International New Music Festival.
Ms. Mercado-Wright has appeared as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, the Boston Pops with Keith Lockhart, and the New York Philharmonic. In addition to performing, Laura has been composing since 2020, and has premiered several of her pieces with VAMP, a female vocal quintet based in Austin, Texas.