Carolina Hengstenberg

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Carolina Hengstenberg is a composer, arranger, orchestrator and musical director born in Madrid, Spain.

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Carolina Hengstenberg is a composer, arranger, orchestrator and musical director born in Madrid, Spain.
After studying classical saxophone at Katarina Gurská, she continued her studies at the Escuela de Música Creativa, specialising in jazz, composition and arrangements. Pursuing broader goals, she moved to Boston to study Composition, Film Scoring and Orchestral Conducting at Berklee College of Music, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and received awards in both Counterpoint and Arrangements. Carolina has been highly active as a saxophonist, composer, arranger and musical director. Her compositions have been performed in both Madrid and Boston, where she was a member of the Society of Composers. She is co-founder and composer of her own animation studio, Bubblegum Cartoons, based in Los Angeles, was one of the orchestrators for the Carnegie Hall Christmas concerts in New York, and musical director of “Grease” in Boston. She currently works on projects in Spain and the USA, is a composition delegate for CIMA, the Association of Women Filmmakers, and a board member of the International Alliance for Women in Music.
She is also a teacher in the Superior Composition course at the Centro Superior Música Creativa and at Berklee College of Music – Berklee Online.
Currently:

  • Teacher at Berklee, Centro Superior Música Creativa and Salt Peanuts Composition School
  • Bubblegum Cartoons: animation studio created by Lilli Goldschmidt and myself
  • Silent film project in Canada.
  • CIMA, Association of Women Filmmakers
  • IAWM International Alliance of Women in Music.
    Some works:
    Bubblegum Cartoons
    Animation and music studio based in Los Angeles, specialising in cartoons for children aged between 4 and 12 years.
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    Composer for audiovisuals, arranger and musical director.
    Graduated Magna Cum Laude in Composition at Berklee College of Music, Boston
    She was orchestrator for the Christmas concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, and musical director of “Grease” in Boston. Composer and co-founder of the animation and music studio Bubblegum Cartoons in Los Angeles.
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  • Joined April 2026

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Education
  • Professional Services
  • Software & Internet
  • Other

Projects · 4

Music for Film

I composed, orchestrated and conduct the piece.

Music for animation. Lights out

Documentary

Silent film:

Film

  • Music Composer
  • Music Supervisor
  • Soundtrack Musician

Work experience· 42 roles

Mentor of Young Composers · CIMA Asociacion de Mujeres Cineastas (Women in Film Association)Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

Mentor of Young Composers; Represent Women Composers; jury for Soria and International Women Film Festival in Madrid; opportunities for women in film.

Composition Mentor · CIMA Asociacion de Mujeres Cineastas (Women in Film Association)Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

Mentor of Young Composers; Represent Women Composers; Jury of different Film Festivals (Soria and International Women Film Festival in Madrid)

Professor - Counterpoint, Music Theory & Composition · Berklee OnlineJan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

Teaching Counterpoint Course, Music Theory and Composition.

Board Member · IAWM, International Alliance for Women in MusicJan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos
Professor · Berklee OnlineJan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos
Chair in Spain · IAWM, International Alliance for Women in Music CompositionMar 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 9 mos
Chair · IAWM, International Alliance for Women in MusicMar 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 9 mos
Professor - Film Scoring I, Counterpoint I-III, English, Music Analysis, Tonal Harmony, Ear Training, Composition · Musica Creativa ConservatoryJan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

Education· 22

Master of Music in Composition · UNIR, International University of La Rioja2023 – 2025
Specialization Course (MM) in Orchestral Conducting · Atlantic Coast International Conducting Academy2019 – 2020
Conductors Retreat · ABRSM Conductors Retreat at Medomak2019
B.M. in Composition, Minor in Conducting, Film Scoring · Berklee College of Music2013 – 2016

Certifications and awards· 9

Composition and Arranging Award2013
Best Invention Plus Contest (Composition Department) – Best Jazz Composition and Arrangement Achievement Scholarship2013 – 2016
Academic Excellence Award2015
Composition and Arranging Award2013 – 2026

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