Sebastian Benda was a master student of Edwin Fischer, a pianist who traced his pedagogical lineage directly to Ludwig van Beethoven through Martin Krause, Franz Liszt, and Carl Czerny.
Performer Biography
Sebastian Benda, the pianist on this album, was born into a long musical tradition in 1926; his father was a well-known violin teacher and his mother a violist and poet.
Performer Biography
Sebastian Benda was honored with the Bach Medal of the Harriet Cohen International Music Award Council in 1958 after performing three piano recitals with different programs in London's Wigmore Hall within a single week.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sebastian Benda considered Schumann the prototypical Romantic composer, expressing musical ideas with the support of literary thoughts, resulting in highly inspired music.
Performer Biography
At age nine, Sebastian Benda's compositions attracted the attention of renowned composers like Arthur Honegger and Frank Martin, who predicted a brilliant future for him.
Performer Biography
After a tour of South America in 1952, Sebastian Benda was so impressed by Brazil that he decided to settle there for 29 years, integrating works by Heitor Villa-Lobos and other South American composers into his repertoire.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sebastian Benda believed that with Beethoven, music underwent a radical change, moving from serving a specific purpose to revealing the composer's entire soul and inner world of feelings.
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