Willy Benda
Willy Benda was a German cellist and conductor. In 1890s he lived in Scotland being a professor of piano, cello and accompaniment at the Athenaeum [School of Music]. He also conducted the amateur orchestra Greenock with more than 60 performers. For one year he participated in the Kosman [String Quartet].
In 1907 he was called from Charlottenburg to Bielefeld to become the director of the Bielefeld Konservatorium.