Conductor and composer Christian Benda appears in the major european music centers such as Paris, London, Rome, Bucharest, Vienna, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, as well as Asia, North and South America.

After his debut with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, invitations follow with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Moscow Virtuosi, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart, Lausanne, Cannes Chamber Orchestras, Orchestre de Chambre d'Auvergne, Slovenian Philharmonic, Lviv, Münster, Janacek Philharmonics, Belgrade Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Opera Orchestra, Bucharest Radio Symphony, Shanghai Broadcast Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, etc.

After a long collaboration with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, Christian Benda became also Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Prague Sinfonia Orchestra recently created by Vaclav Havel. With the Prague Sinfonia Orchestra he just recorded the complete Schubert Overtures.

A passionate of vocal repertoire, Benda conducts vocalists such as Barbara Hendricks, Cheryl Studer, Simon Estes, and Renee Fleming. With Barbara Hendricks, he toured repeatedly America, Europe and Asia. With Renée Fleming and the Prague Symphony Orchestra he has been invited to conduct the concerts in honor of President Vaclav Havel.

Among the artists having performed with him, we find Josef Suk, Vladimir Spivakov, Paul Tortelier, Norbert Brainin, Pierre Amoyal and François-René Duchâble, Marcello Viotti, Paul Badura-Skoda, Matthias Bamert, Milan Horvat, Bruno Giuranna, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, Thierry Fischer, Lazar Barman, Michel Béroff, Till Fellner, Michaïl Rudy, Cristina Ortiz, Boris Pergamenschikow. He performs regularly with actors, theatre and opera directors from the Wiener Schauspielhaus and Volkstheater, such as Andrea Jonasson, Hertha Schell, Peter Uray, Brigitte Quadlbauer, Erika Pluhar, Jean Luc Bideau and François Rochaix.

Christian Benda's appearances at international festivals include Schwetzingen (Germany), Echternach (Luxembourg), La Roque d’Anthéron (France), Paris (Cité de la musique), Prague Spring, George Enescu Bucharest, Wratislavia Cantans (Poland), Campos do Jordao (Brazil), Hong Kong Arts, Klangbogen Wien and Wiener Festwochen, Styriarte and Steirischer Herbst (Austria), Menuhin Festival (Switzerland), Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Rio de Janeiro, among others.

From Bach to the music of the 20st century Benda’s varied, worldwide broadcasted discography includes the complete works for piano and orchestra by Frank Martin with Paul Badura-Skoda (Bestenliste der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik), Haydn’s violin concertos with Jean-Jacques Kantorow, J.S.Bach's Musical Offering, the Hamburg Symphonies by C.P.E. Bach, Stamitz' complete cello concertos, Schumann's cello concerto, together with symphonic works by Malipiero and Casella. He defends actively his ancestors' music. Of particular interest are recordings by his forefathers, notably Jiri Antonin Benda's symphonies and melodramas with the Prague Chamber Orchestra - together with two volumes of violin concertos by Frantisek and Jan Jiri with Josef Suk as soloist.

The Czech Television produced a documentary film "The Benda family nowadays". Christian Benda's many video, radio and TV recordings include productions for the BBC, Radio Luxembourg, Radio France, ORF, Hessischer Rundfunk and SWR, Suisse Romande Radio and Television, Radio Svizzera Italiana, SF DRS Swiss German Television, TV Cultura (Brazil), as well as for the Czech, Polish, Slovenian, Serbian, Hungarian and Chinese televisions.

As a composer, Benda created the concept of micro-opera giving equal importance to the scenic and to the musical aspect. His compositions were premiered at the Wiener Konzerthaus and at the Smetana Hall in Prague with soprano Renee Fleming and have been filmed by the Czech Television during a concert in honor of President Vaclav Havel. His work "Ricercar Lux In Umbra" has just been premiered in Switzerland. He has been commissioned to write the film music for Vojtech Jasny's productions.

Born in Brazil, Benda received his first musical training within his family, descendants of the Benda composers dynasty of the 18th century, where the musical tradition was maintained without interruption through three centuries. In the 18th century, the Benda composers were highly appreciated by Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote to his father: "You know that among the lutheran "Kapellmeister" Benda always was my favorite; I like his works so much that I always bring them along with me."