Benito Cabrera Hernández (born 1963 in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

) is a

Canarian Canary Islanders, or Canarians ( es, canarios), are a Romance people and ethnic group. They reside on the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of northwest Africa, and descend from a mixture of European settlers and abor ...

timple The timple is a traditional five-string plucked string instrument of the Canary Islands. It started being manufactured in the 19th century. In La Palma island and in the north of the island of Tenerife, many timple players omit the fifth (D) ...

composer and virtuoso. He was born in Venezuela. Although he moved to

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...

at a young age, he has spent most of his life in

Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...

. He moved to Tenerife to study psychology in

University of La Laguna The University of La Laguna (ULL; Spanish: ''Universidad de La Laguna'') is a public research university situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. The university ...

. He is the author of the official hymn of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, and the author of the song Nube de Hielo, ''"Ice Cloud"'', one of the most deeply rooted songs in the canaries.

Discography

* 1991 Concierto de timple * 1992 Timple y orquesta, con la

Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife The Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (OST, "Tenerife Symphony Orchestra") is an orchestra in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the best symphon ...

* 1996 Notas de viaje * 2000 El color del tiempo * 2002 Travesías * Puente del sur

Collaborations

Partial List: * 1999 Castillos de arena, de Taller Canario de Canción * 1999 Vamos a escuchar al viento, de la

* 2001 Teide y Nublo, de Los Sabandeños * 2001 Étnico, con José Manuel Ramos * 2001 Timples@2000, con

José Antonio Ramos José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

y Domingo Rodríguez Oramas "El Colorao"

External links

Official website
Living people 1963 births Musicians from the Canary Islands People from Tenerife {{CanaryIslands-stub