Benito Cabrera

Benito Cabrera belongs to the generation of performers who turned the timple into an instrument for concert performance, teaching and contemporary creation. The Canary Islands Government presents him as a timple player, composer and music producer whose career is marked by the renewal of Canarian music and by fusing the instrument with Celtic folk, pop and other languages.

His cultural relevance comes from several converging lines: projecting the timple into the symphonic sphere, teaching timple at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, collaborating with artists such as Rosana, Pedro Guerra and Caco Senante, and writing the lyrics of the Canary Islands anthem officially approved in 2003 over the Arrorró melody by Teobaldo Power.

His later career also links him to Los Sabandeños, whose musical direction he took on from 2007 according to municipal and official sources, and to stage and recording projects such as Puente del Sur, Contrastes, Raíces del Mundo, Espirales and Canarias: vino al mundo. This biographical profile keeps the focus on his cultural role; records, repertory and collaborations are developed in his specialised music profile.