Damian Molina Beneyto
Damián Molina Beneyto was born on September 19, 1970, son of Agustí Molina Molina Molina (a mechanic by profession) and Amparo Beneyto Gisbert (a weaver when she was young, and a magnificent mother and housewife).
Without any musical tradition at home, at the age of 7 he asked his parents that he wanted to study music, which surprised his parents, but they did not hesitate to support the illusion of their son, who soon took the right path under the guidance of Antonio Calatayud Vañó, both in music theory and clarinet.
When he was only nine years old, he was already attending the rehearsals of the Unión Musical de Boca-rent, to which he officially belonged since February 1980, performing his first concert with the clarinet on March 31, 1980.
In September 1980 he began his studies at the Conservatory of Music "José Melchor Gomis" in Ontinyent, continuing his training at the conservatories "Mestre Vert" in Carcaixent, "J. Rodrigo" in Valencia, "Teresa Bayona" in Zaragoza, and "Oscar Esplá" in Alicante.
In the summer of 1986 he began his training as a conductor, attending the International Choral Conducting Course in Lleida, an experience he repeated until 1991.
In September 1986 he took over the direction of the parish choir of Bocairent, a facet that he would develop for more than a decade, reaching a high level of performance recognized in Bocairent and the surrounding villages.
At the same time, at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, he obtained the degree of Industrial Technical Engineer, specializing in electricity, where he also completed other courses related to electrical switchgear.
In 1993 he began his band conducting training, attending courses and seminars where he continued studying pedagogy, clarinet, orchestra conducting and composition. His teachers have been of high national and international prestige: Laszlo Heltay, Alain Langree, Stanislav Krousovsky, Ana Lucía Roza, Maravillas Díaz, Jan Cober, José Rafael Pascual, José Vte. Herrera, Emilio Molina, Eugen Corporon, etc. They have been, among others, those who have complemented his training for more than two decades, intellectually and as a person open to all, willing to work and collaborate in all kinds of new projects, studies and musical experiments.
ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT AND DEVELOPED UP TO THE PRESENT TIME:
Teacher:
Clarinet teacher at the Academy of the Asociación Unión Musical de Boca-rent, from 1986 to 1989.
Clarinet teacher at the Conservatory of Ontinyent, extension in Bocairent, during the academic years 1989-1990 and 1990-1991.
Clarinet and musical language teacher at the Regional School of Music of the Albaida Valley from the course 1.991-1.992, up to
2001-2002, except for the academic year 1995-1996, due to Military Service.
Teacher of E.S.O. in the specialty of music, in the C.C. La Milagrosa of Ontinyent, in the courses 1996-97, and 1997-98.
As a composer he has won several prizes in composition competitions: we must highlight three first prizes, one in Benidorm, 1999, and another in Muro de Alcoi, 2009, with the work for symphonic band "Dodecaedro Sonoro", and another recently (2011), convened by the "CESM" (Spanish confederation of musical societies), with the symphonic work "ONIROS".
He has been conductor of the polyphonic choir "Ciutat d'Alcira", of the "Associació Musical El Verger" and of the "Grup Tardor" (group of voices and pulse and pua instruments). Since 2000 he has been the titular director of the "Unión Musical Xeraco", and since 2012 of the "Societat Instructiva Unió Musical de Xeresa".
In the field of music teaching he has been professor of solfège and trumpet at the music school of Xeraco, professor of solfège at the music school of Alfás del Pi, professor of harmony, counterpoint and analysis at the professional conservatory "Districte Marítim" of Grau de Gandia and at the higher conservatories of music of Valencia, Castellón and Alicante. Currently, and since 2006, he is a teacher by competitive examination at the municipal professional conservatory "José Pérez Barceló" of Benidorm.
