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Benzecry moved to Paris in 1997, where he studied composition with Jacques Charpentier's, Professor of the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris. He obtained the "Premier Prix a l'unanimitè" in composition in 1999. He also studied composition with Paul Méfano , and Electro acoustic music with Luis Naon and Laurent Cuniot . He is the author of three symphonies (his first symphony, “El compendio de la vida” from 1993 is inspired on four of his own canvases) as well as symphonic and chamber works. His most recent works attempt a fusion between rhythms with Latin American roots and the diverse aesthetic currents of European contemporary music creating, thus, a personal language, an imaginary folklore. "Le Monde de la Musique" has called him a distant heir to Villa Lobos and Ginastera because of his imaginative use of the Latin American musical patrimony. His works have been played in Europe and America. Among the interpreters that have performed his works are: L’ de Paris, Orchestre de Concerts Pasdeloup ,Orchestre Symphonique de Cannes-Côte d’Azur ,la Sinfonietta de Paris, Orchestre de la Basse Normandie ,Orchestre Universitaire de Strasbourg, l’ensemble l’Itineraire, Grup Instrumental de Valencia, Ensamble LIM, Orquesta Sinfonica National de Argentine, Orquesta Filarmonica del Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires ,Orquesta Sinfonica “Simon Bolivar” de Venezuela, Orquesta Filarmonica Nacional de Venezuela, Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota (Colombia), Sinfonica Nacional de Lima (Peru), l’Ensemble de l’Université Carnegie-Mellon de Pittsburgh (USA), Orchestre Symphonique de Klaipeda (Lituanie),Orquesta Sinfonica Carlos Chavez (Mexique) la Camerata Lysy - Gstaad (Suisse), la Camerata Basel (Suisse), la Camerata Bariloche (Argentine), “London’s Schubert Chamber Orchestra” (UK), Solaris String quartet of London, among others. His works have been performed and at the Salle GAVEAU , of New York ( Lincoln Center ),Boston Conservatory, Chopin Conservatory of Music (Poland) Festival Pontino (Italy) , Festivals de Brighton et Dartington (UK), Festival Estoril de Portugal, Festival Ensems de Valencia, Festival de Morelia (Mexico), Festival Latinoamericano de Musica de Caracas ,Festival Iberoamericano de Puerto Rico, museo Guggenheim de Bilbao-Festival BBK , Van Cliburn Foundation of Fort Worth .... In 1992 he was distinguished as "The young revelation of the Season", by the Musical Critics Association of Argentina. In 1994 the same Association awarded him "The best argentine work premiered in the 1994 Season” distinction , for his Symphony n°1 "El compendio de la vida", played by the National Symphony Orchestra. In 1999 he was distinguished by the Academie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France with the prize from the Foundation Delmas and the prize Tronchet in 2002. In 2004, he became the recipient of the Fondation groupe d’entreprise Banque Populaire-Natexis Award for music . Resident Composer at the Casa de Velazquez of Madrid 2004-2006 ( Academie de France a Madrid) He has been a fellow of the "Interamerican Music Friens of Washington "(USA) , Mozarteum Argentino and Academie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France . In 1995 he was invited as Resident Composer at the Yehudi Menuhin Academy (Switzerland). EXTERNAL LINK |
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