Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet (17 December 1938 – 3 February 2022)[1] was a French and Uruguayan composer, pianist, organist, harpsichordist and conductor.

In 1975-77, she directed the first Atelier musical d'initiation à la musique électroacoustique of the Centre Culturel Censier of the University of Paris and the Ensemble instrumental des Boursiers Etrangers (France).

[citation needed] In 1997, she performed the Por la vida concert at the Teatro Solís of Montevideo, with the collaboration of UNICEF of Uruguay and the participation of an orchestra of 100 musicians, 5 choruses of adults [clarification needed] and the children's chorus Coro de niños del Iname, in order to raise funds for homeless children in Uruguay.

[2] In 1999, during annual rounds in Europe, she performed with Luis Battle Archived 2010-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, in París and Rome, playing works of the universal repertory and of her own vintage.

She also directed Master Classes in various academies of France by carrying out concerts of works of Latino-American masterpieces interpreted by European orchestras.

She was named Uruguay's "Woman of the Year, 2001" in the category of the Best Musical Show and won the Price Florencio, 2001 for "El Hermano Olvidado" of Ariel Mastandrea, directed by Nelly Goitiño.