Willy Benda

Willy Benda (5 October 1870, Vevey[1] – 18 August 1929, Bielefeld[1]) was German cellist and conductor. In 1890s he lived in Scotland being a professor of piano, cello and accompaniment at the Athenaeum School of Music.[2] He also conducted the amateur orchestra Greenock[2] with more than 60 performers.[3] For one year (1898) he participated in the Kosman String Quartet.[4]

In 1907 he was called from Charlottenburg to Bielefeld to become the director of the Bielefeld Konservatorium.[1][5]

References
  1. Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe. Digitale Edition (Version 3.0.1 vom 2. Februar 2017)
  2. Stefan Manz (2003). Migranten und Internierte: Deutsche in Glasgow, 1864-1918. Franz Steiner Verlag. p. 115. ISBN 978-3-515-08427-7.
  3. Musical Courier. 1902. p. 80.
  4. The Violin Times: A Journal for Professional and Amateur Violinists and Quartet Players. 1899. p. 143.
  5. Die Musik. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. 1907. p. 126.
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