Hello,
I make music.
about
Photo credit: May Wong
Victoria Benito is a music composer and researcher. She also performs her music and, although she is not a filmmaker, she likes to use film as an extension of her artistic language. Victoria is from Madrid and is currently based in the UK. Her work is often inspired by different life experiences, like fixing the handle of her bathroom’s door or seeing the Northern Lights. Her music has been internationally performed in Spain, the UK, The Netherlands and the USA.
A friend of hers said that her music 'draws from a dreamlike sound world derived from humour, surrealism and subversion of expectations', but I don't really know whether that's true; I'm just her biographer. And I'm also Victoria. I'm both.
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).
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).
Música para piano a cuatro manos – for six players
Written for Hard Rain Ensemble (Belfast, UK).
2018
This Is Only a Work of Fiction [LISTEN] – for string orchestra
Written for the Orchestra of the Swan (Birmingham, UK).
Soneto [LISTEN] – field recording and recorded music
listen/watch
Not all of my pieces have public recordings. You can find the available ones on my SoundCloud page clicking here:
soundcloud.com/victoria-benito
And this is my Vimeo page where I upload the music that I make that you can not only hear but also see:
Alternatively, if you don't want to listen to my music, you might want to listen to this: