Benita Haastrup

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Benita Haastrup (born 1964) is a drummer, percussionist, educator and composer in Denmark.{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzpar.dk/Artists/benita_haastrup.html |title=Benita Haastrup |publisher=JAZZPAR}}

She studied at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, graduating in 1992. In 1998, she received the Ben Webster Prize. Haastrup has been a member of Marilyn Mazur's Percussion Paradise and of the all-female jazz group Sophisticated Ladies. She has also performed with Richard B. Boone, Idrees Sulieman, Johnny Griffin, Muhal Richard Abrams, Duke Jordan, Bent Jædig, John Tchicai, Fred Hopkins and Jesper Thilo, among others.{{cite web |url=http://www.fmp-online.de/WMML09/engl/MARILYN%20MAZUR%20engl.pdf |title=Marilyn Mazur – Queen of Percussion |publisher=Free Music Production}} She has performed in the United States, China, Africa and throughout most of Europe.{{cite web |url=http://www.asianetwork.de/artist-roster/susi-hyldgaard/susi-hyldgaard-trio |title=Susi Hyldgaard Trio |publisher=