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Victoria Benito (b. 1993, Madrid) is an interdisciplinary composer, performer and researcher based in the UK. Her work draws upon experimental, pop, classical and electronic sounds, as well as film and visuals. Over the last couple of years, her compositions have revolved around everydayness, reflecting on her experience of the un-romantic and mundane aspects of life. As a performer, she plays synthesisers and MIDI keyboards and uses her voice to create eccentric, whimsical and dreamy sound worlds. She is also her own biographer.
Photo credit: May Wong
works
2022
Livin' La Vida Local WATCH | for film and live string quartet
Written for Birmingham New Music (Birmingham, UK).
I'm noddin' my head like yeah movin' my hips like yeah LISTEN | for orchestra
Written for Alternative Orchestra (Birmingham, UK).
Love Me Tender WATCH | for piano, keyboard, synth and vocals
Arrangement of Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender, by Adam Parry-Davies and Victoria Benito. Performed in Birmingham.
2021
Handmade Souvenirs (from the flat) WATCH | film and music
Written for CODA (Birmingham, UK).
distracting myself fr0m making music WATCH | for six players
Written for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Percussion Department (Birmingham, UK).
2020
Cute Requiem WATCH | for five players
Written for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Percussion Department (Birmingham, UK).
All I Ever Do Is Orbit the Sun WATCH | for violin and viola
Written for Spitalfields Music (London, UK).
Pop Song Number 1: 'Love' WATCH | for six players
Written for Thallein Ensemble (Birmingham, UK).
You Can Vomit On Me If You Like WATCH | film and music
Six Disenchantments | for seven players
Written for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (Birmingham, UK).
Exotic Music For a Penguin LISTEN | for small orchestra
Written for orkest de ereprijs (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands).
Softer Than Something That's Really Soft WATCH | for nine players
Written for Decibel (Birmingham, UK).
2019
Another Piece About Football WATCH | field recording and electronic instruments
In collaboration with graphic designer and video artist Alicia Benito.
Waltz Ad Nauseam LISTEN | for electronic instruments
Arrangement of Bill Evans' Waltz For Debby.
Music From the Day After the Day I Died LISTEN | recorded music and electric organ
This Is Another Work of Fiction But in a Sweet Way LISTEN | for string orchestra
Written for The Ripieno Players (Birmingham, UK).
(Theme and) Variations WATCH | for two players, tape and film
Written for Post-Paradise Series (Birmingham, UK).
Daydreaming | for many combinations of players
Written for Orchestra in the Shape of a Pear (Birmingham, UK).
2018
This Is Only a Work of Fiction LISTEN | for string orchestra
Written for the Orchestra of the Swan (Birmingham, UK).
upcoming events
28 October 2022
You Might Not Be as Good-Looking as You Think
album release
Birmingham Record Company
NMC Recordings
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