Caracas

Country

Venezuela

Coordinates

10.5061, -66.9144

History

• Caracas (–1527)
• Caracas (1527–1739), Venezuela Province
• Caracas (1739–1742), Viceroyalty of New Granada
• Caracas (1742–1777), Venezuela Province
• Caracas (1777–1811), Captaincy General of Venezuela
• Caracas (1811–), Venezuela

Composers

• José Ángel Lamas (1775–1814), was born and died in Caracas
• Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), was born in Caracas
• Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947), was born in Caracas
• Vicente Emilio Sojo (1887–1974), died in Caracas
• Augusto Brandt (1892–1942), died in Caracas
• Juan Bautista Plaza (1898–1965), was born and died in Caracas
• Evencio Castellanos (1915–1984), died in Caracas
• Antonio Estévez (1916–1988), died in Caracas
• Antonio Lauro (1917–1986), died in Caracas
• Silvia Eisenstein (1917–1986), died in Caracas
• Alejandro Planchart (1935–2019), was born in Caracas
• José Antonio Abreu (1939–2018), died in Caracas
• Adina Izarra (1959–), was born in Caracas