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About Regina Benavente
- Regina Benavente (born January 21, 1932) is an Argentine composer. Born in Buenos Aires, Benavente was the daughter of Manuel José Benavente, with whom she had her first music lessons.
- She then entered the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de MĂşsica, where she studied harmony, counterpoint, piano, and music history.
- Her instructors there included Abraham Jurafsky, Roberto GarcĂa Morillo, Pedro Sáenz Amadeo, Gilardo Gilardi, and Rafael González.
- She also took lessons from Alberto Ginastera, and in 1967 and 1968 was a pupil at the Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales.
- During her career she has taught harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de MĂşsica and at the Santa Ana Institute in Buenos Aires.
- As a composer Benavente has produced a number of works for orchestra; she has also composed for chamber forces, for piano, for voice, and for chorus, and has been active in the realm of electronic music as well.
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