Christian Benda

Christian Benda is a conductor, composer and cellist, descended from the eighteenth-century Benda family of composers. He performs worldwide both as a soloist and a conductor.[1][2] His numerous recordings include many classical standards such as Mozart, Rossini and Schubert overtures (notably, particularly distinguished performances of Boccherini cello sonatas, with his brother accompanying on the fortepiano, for the Naxos label) as well as the compositions of his ancestors Georg Anton (Jiří Antonín) Benda, František Benda and Jan Jiří Benda.[3] (Another ancestor of his was the conductor Hans von Benda, who was particularly active between the 1930s and the 1950s.) He serves as chief Conductor and artistic director of the Prague Sinfonia.[4]

He was a Climate Ally in the "Tck Tck Tck: Time for Climate Justice" campaign.[5]

References
  1. ITCN.com. "Artists International Management - Christian Benda". Artistsinternational.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. "Christian Benda". Hispania Clásica. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006.
  3. "Christian Benda- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music". Naxos.com. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. "Conductor". Prague Sinfonia. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. "LSM Newswire: Classical Musicians Daniel Barenboim, Barbara Hendricks and Christian Benda Join Kofi Annan 'Äôs Climate Justice Campaign". Scena.org. 2009-11-12. Retrieved 8 January 2014.


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