Classical music of Venezuela

Eduardo Marturet, Moises Moleiro Teresa Carreno (who was also world-popular pianist), Antonio Lauro and Gustavo Dudamel were also produced from Venezuela classical composers and also Antonio Estevez, Federico Ruiz (who also works with other genres) and Vincente Emilio Sojo (who also supported the Venezuelan musicology and music teaching).

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Venezuela also has the houses for a national network of public conservatories and music institutions; there are also private music institution and schools. The higher learning which specialized in music or have a music department include the Universidad de las Artes, whose music department is the pervious Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales; Universidad central de Venezuela, which gives diplomas in music act and postgraduate degree in musicology which also include doctorates; Universidad Simon Bolivar, whose music department awards Master of Music degree in several fields which include the composition, conducting and music education; and Univesidad de los Andes. The popular composers and artists who have taught, founded or studied in these institutions include the following Maria Gunand (who was one of the initiator of the Master of Music program of Univesidad Simon Bolivar), Alfredo Rugeles, carlos Duarte, Aqueiles Baez, Josefina Benedetti, Pablo Gil, Diana Arismendi, Adina Izarra, and Ricardo Teruel.

Juana Maria de la Conception, popularly known as Conny Mendez, who was born on 11 April 1898 in Caracas, was a composer, singer, writer, actress and caricaturist who produced more than 40 works, which include Yo soy venezolana, Venezuela Habla Cantando, Chucho y Ceferina, La Negrita Marisol and many others.

Ruben Cedeno, who is a composer of the traditional and infantile music of Venezuela, he emerges in the Venezuelan music encyclopedia. Singer, investigator, composer, writer and painter, his very composition include Aguinaldo Que Navidad part of the Venezuelan Christmas collection and translated by the mezzo soprano Morella Munoz, Cantata infantile Simon Bolivar, Misa de Mi Tierra and many others. This was the National Prize of famous music of the INAVI with his valse Nora.

Antonio Lauro composed a huge body of the classical guitar compositions, changing the traditional Venezuelan traditional chants for the instrument.

Gustavo Matamoros is also a popular Venezuelan composer dedicated to the experimentation with beat and its relationship with the human mind and culture. He has worked primarily on the current methods such as the electro acoustic, combined media, act, installations, radiophony and multimedia displays. He lives in the United States.

Lil Barie is also a song writer composer independent and unground singer who made popularity around the region of Venezuela and Colombia and he blends hip hop and Rap.