Carles Benavent (Barcelona, ​​​​1954) will receive the Alícia Lifetime Achievement Award at the gala to be held at L'Auditori on June 19 and organized by the Catalan Academy of Music. Bienavento He is a musician who deserves every award in the world. He deserves them for his mastery as a bassist and composer and for having participated in one of the most explosive musical revolutions in history, the unconstrained fusion of jazz and flamenco with an unmistakable Mediterranean flavor. He was part of groups such as Máquina! and Música Urbana. Paco de Lucía integrated him into the legendary sextet of the 1980s. He played electric bass on albums by Camarón de la Isla, helping to consolidate the depth of the electric sound in flamenco. He has been instrumental in works by Chick Corea, Joan Manuel Serrat, and Jorge Pardo, and has also built a very interesting career as a leader.