Benito Cabrera

Benito Cabrera Hernández is a Spanish timple composer and virtuoso from the Canary Islands.
He was born in Venezuela. Although he moved to Lanzarote at a young age, he has spent most of his life in Tenerife, having moved there to study psychology at the University of La Laguna.
He is the author of the official anthem of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, and the author of the song Nube de Hielo, one of the most deeply rooted songs in the canaries.
From 2007 until the end of 2020, Benito Cabrera was musical director the group Los Sabandeños. He was replaced by Israel Espino, for whom Cabrera had served as a mentor.

Discography

1991 Concierto de timple
1992 Timple y orquesta, con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
1996 Notas de viaje
2000 El color del tiempo
2002 Travesías
Puente del sur

Image:Presentación_de_Timples_2000_en_Puerto_del_Rosario.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Bdenito Cabarera, Domingo "El Colorao" and José Antonio Ramos, Timples@2000 on 30 April 2001.

Collaborations

Partial List:

1999 Castillos de arena, de Taller Canario de Canción
1999 Vamos a escuchar al viento, de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
2001 Teide y Nublo, de Los Sabandeños
2001 Étnico, con José Manuel Ramos
2001 Timples@2000, con José Antonio Ramos y Domingo Rodríguez Oramas "El Colorao"