Christian Benda
Christian Benda (born 1 July 1959 in Salvador) 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. His numerous recordings include many classical standards such as Mozart, Rossini and Schubert overtures (notably, 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.
Christian Benda
- Born
- 2000 · Salvador.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- conductor · composer · cellist
- Fields
- music · conducting
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Christian Benda (born 1 July 1959 in Salvador) 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. His numerous recordings include many classical standards such as Mozart, Rossini and Schubert overtures (notably, 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.
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Christian Benda (born 2000) is a Swiss cellist, composer and conductor. The cellist was born in Salvador.
Christian Benda worked in Prague. The cellist is active in conducting and music.
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(Another ancestor of his was the conductor Hans von Benda, who was particularly active between the 1930s and the 1950s.) He is chief conductor and artistic director of the Prague Sinfonia. Between 2012 and 2014 he recorded a four-volume cycle of Gioacchino Rossini's complete operatic overtures for Naxos Records with the Prague Sinfonia Orchestra. He was a Climate Ally in the "Tck Tck Tck: Time for Climate Justice" campaign.
Christian Benda is recorded with the occupation conductor. Recorded as conductor, composer and cellist.
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Where Christian Benda came from, and how Christian Benda was formed. Born on 1 January 2000.
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1959
Christian Benda was born on 1 January 2000.
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- 1.Berdychová, Tereza. Benda, Christian. Český hudební slovník osob a institucí. 2011-05-23.
- 2.ITCN.com. Artists International Management - Christian Benda. Artistsinternational.com.
- 3.Christian Benda. Hispania Clásica.
- 4.Naxos.com. Christian Benda- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music. 2011-06-25.
- 5.Prague Sinfonia. Conductor.
- 6.Scena.org. LSM Newswire: Classical Musicians Daniel Barenboim, Barbara Hendricks and Christian Benda Join Kofi Annan 'Äôs Climate Justice Campaign. 2009-11-12.
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