Juan Benites Reyes

Studies

He studied the primary level (grades 2°, 3°, 4° and 5°) in Chiclín with his brother Jesús, whereas grade 1° and 6° he studied in the OLD CENTER of Trujillo.

In Chiclin, Don Juan and Doña Rosa, alowed his children - Juan and Jesús - to take music lessons with a music teacher. First he was the Maestro Rafael Quesquén and later the Maestro Santiago Zavaleta in the city of Ascope, Departamento de la Libertad. Juan began with the violin and Jesús with the guitar.

Both brothers studied Secondary in the National School of San Juan de Trujillo. His brother Juan, parallelly with his studies, continued with his guitar. First studying our Peruvian music and when he entered the National Conservatory of Music he followed it with classic music. As soon he finished in the conservatory, Jesus travels to the city of Mexico to continue guitar studies. Thanks to a SCHOLARSHIP he went to Italy and studied in the SCALA of Milan, where he had as his professor ANDRES SEGOVIA. Jesus doctored in music and became one of best the Concert Players of Classical Guitar.

Whereas Juan Benites Reyes dedicated itself to the Composition and acquired Musical books of Musical Arrangements, to study them and to analyze them. Also he purchased musical scores to make a musical analysis of the same ones. Juan used to put discs, to listen to them and at the same time transcribe them, that is to say, to write the music in the staff to compare it with what he had written with the scores. This process helped him to develop a deep musical analysis. He considers himself a SELF-TAUGHT PERSON. Later he studied Harmony with the Spanish Catholic Priest David Martinez.

Professional Activity

	He was Director of the Band of the Modern Institute and the Claretiano School.
	He formed the Band of the Schools Víctor Andrés Belaúnde, Martial Acharán and of the Grammar School Trujillo.
	He was saxofonist, clarinetist, guitarist and musical arranger of the Orchestra "La Lira Sanpedrana"; Javier y sus Rítmicos; Orquesta Félix Alvarez; Swing Marker Band; Manongo Alvarez y su Orquesta; Orquesta Dominó y Orquesta Nueva Sensación.
	Retired Teacher of the Superior School of Music "Carlos Valderrama" of Trujillo, in the specialties of Trombone, Guitar, Band Direction and Musical Arrangements.
	Founder of the Summer Courses in the National Institute of the Culture.
	Teacher and member of the CASA DEL ARTISTA.

Productions

His recorded compositions:

These are his famous marineras it counts on:

MARINERA TRUJILLANA

El Maestro, JUAN BENITES REYES, is the CREATOR of the Marinera Trujillana, which it is a northern marinera. This marinera has been born in Trujillo, but which it is different from the other northern marineras already known.

His inspiration let him participate in the Concurso Nacional de Marinera, organized every year by the CLUB LIBERTAD, Trujillian tradition. It was in 1981, when he began to compose  marineras, but he wanted a different kind. He also wanted to see the couples "dance" without any restrictions, including long notes in the melody to allow the couple develop its own dance.

Thus in 1982, he releases his "Marinera Trujillana", played for the first time in the Capital of the Marinera.  It is indeed in the courts of the Club Libertad, executed by the Army Band. From that moment it arises a new marinera different from the others. You see a site where brilliantly the pairs and all the dancers made their favorite moves.

In 1983, , the Program of Spanish Television "Los 300 Millones" " world-wide spread when choosing a taking to it, indeed, of the Concurso Nacional de Marinera de Trujillo, where it is, danced for the first time by Youthful the National Champions of Lima: Manuel Gutiérrez Ch. and la señorita Lita Deza Valdivia. From that moment the marinera trujillana "ASI BAILA MI TRUJILLANA"", is danced in the contest all over Peru, became famous, although at that time she had not been recorded in any record seal.

In 1984, made OFICIALIZADA for the National contest of the Marinera, and in 1985, being madeofficial, was OBLIGADA for the FINAL and only define to the CHAMPIONS in the three categories: Infantile, Youthful and Adult.

In Fact, Don Juan Benites Reyes for his talent, dedication to music and mainly to heighten the name of the TRUJILLO, he has constituted in TRUJILLANO PRIDE, and NACIONAL PRIDE.