title: Benito Cabrera
text: # Benito Cabrera
  
  Benito Cabrera Hernández (born 1963 in Venezuela) is a Canarian timple composer and virtuoso.
  
  He was born in Venezuela. Although he moved to Lanzarote at a young age, he has spent most of his life in Tenerife. He moved to Tenerife to study psychology in University of La Laguna.
  
  He is the author of the official hymn of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, and the author of the song Nube de Hielo, "Ice Cloud", one of the most deeply rooted songs in the canaries.
  
  ## 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
  
  ## 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"
  