Background
Josefina Benedetti was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Josefina Benedetti was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
She studied piano in Caracas and London, finished her studies at the National Conservatory of Music, Juan José Landaeta, and studied choral conducting at the University Institute of Musical Studies, Magister Scientiarum, in Latin American.
She received a musicology degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. She served as president of Jeunesses Musicales de Venezuela, (1991-1996), the National Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation (1995–2000) and the music label Música y Tiempo (Music and Time).
She has been Secretary General of the Venezuelan Music Council (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and a member of the boards of the Venezuelan Society of Contemporary Music, the Teatro Teresa Carreño Foundation and Director of Culture of the Central University of Venezuela (2000-2005).