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Josefina Punceles 
de Benedetti

Caracas, Venezuela, 1953
benedettijosefina@hotmail.com

Composer graduated from the Conservatorio Nacional Juan José Landaeta. She also obtained a Composition Bachelor Degree from the Music College Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales IUDEM, in Caracas. She has been three times awarded with the National Composition Prize in the years 1989, 1993 and 1998.  Many of her works have been performed by renowned orchestras in Venezuela and abroad, and have been recorded for CDs.  She has been director-general of Juventudes Musicales de Venezuela and chairlady of the Fundación Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional.  Among other posts, she is the current Cultural Activities Director of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.

Composition in CD "25 Años":
Palabreo Coro mix. 1989 6'00