Josefina Benedetti
Encyclopedia
Josefina Benedetti is a Venezuelan-American composer
, musicologist and choral director.
. She studied piano in Caracas
and London
, finished her studies at the National Conservatory of Music, Juan José Landaeta, and studied choral conducting at the University Institute of Musical Studies, Magister Scientiarum, in Latin American. She received a musicology degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
She received the National Prize for Composition in 1989, 1993 and 1998, the Municipal Music Prize of the City of Caracas in 1990 and the José Antonio and Carmen Calcaño Foundation Composition Prize in 1993.
She served as president of Jeunesses Musicales de Venezuela, (1991–96), the National Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation (1995–2000) and the music label Música y Tiempo (Music and Time). She has been Secretary General of the Venezuelan Music Council (UNESCO
) and a member of the boards of the Venezuelan Society of Contemporary Music, the Teatro Teresa Carreño Foundation and Director of Culture of the Central University of Venezuela
(2000–05).
, the United States
, Cuba
, Ecuador
, Uruguay
, Argentina
and France
, where some of them have become part of the National Library file. Her compositions have been recorded on compact discs under the Música y Tiempo label, which she helped found in 1996, and also by independent producers.
Selected works include:
Vocal works:
Chamber music:
Orchestral works:
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, musicologist and choral director.
Biography
Josefina Benedetti was born in New Haven, ConnecticutNew Haven, Connecticut
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. She studied piano in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
and London
London
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, finished her studies at the National Conservatory of Music, Juan José Landaeta, and studied choral conducting at the University Institute of Musical Studies, Magister Scientiarum, in Latin American. She received a musicology degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
She received the National Prize for Composition in 1989, 1993 and 1998, the Municipal Music Prize of the City of Caracas in 1990 and the José Antonio and Carmen Calcaño Foundation Composition Prize in 1993.
She served as president of Jeunesses Musicales de Venezuela, (1991–96), the National Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation (1995–2000) and the music label Música y Tiempo (Music and Time). She has been Secretary General of the Venezuelan Music Council (UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
) and a member of the boards of the Venezuelan Society of Contemporary Music, the Teatro Teresa Carreño Foundation and Director of Culture of the Central University of Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela
The Central University of Venezuela is a premier public University of Venezuela located in Caracas...
(2000–05).
Works
Benedetti is considered a classical composer, but she also experiments with a fusion of classical, electronic and pop music. Her works have been performed by orchestras, chamber groups, choirs and soloists in VenezuelaVenezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Cuba
Cuba
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, Ecuador
Ecuador
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, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, where some of them have become part of the National Library file. Her compositions have been recorded on compact discs under the Música y Tiempo label, which she helped found in 1996, and also by independent producers.
Selected works include:
- 2006: Sintharte, Etnorap.
- 2003: Transistoria.
- 2002: Caracas 11 A.
- 1992: La muerte del delfín.
Vocal works:
- 2005: Oda a las mujeres.
- 1993: Guatopo, Réquiem para un siglo.
- 1992: La canción del pirata.
- 1989: Palabreo.
- 1988: Canción de cuna, Cantar.
Chamber music:
- 2007: Lilith.
- 2001: Montuno.
- 1999: Danzas lunares.
- 1998: Impromtu Carnavalesco, Pantanal.
- 1994: Hojas al viento.
- 1993: Ut Pictura Poesis?.
- 1992: Con Corda.
- 1991: Intermezzo nº 1.
- 1990: Suite del intrépido.
Orchestral works:
- 2007: Rugeles´82.
- 2001: Cantos del camino.
- 1998: Macuro.
- 1996: Miserere mei, Citas inocentes.