Benno Walter

[3] He trained at the Royal School of Music (Königliche bayerische Musikschule, now the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München) in Munich.

In 1864 he achieved full status as a court musician, and in 1870 he became the orchestra leader, and also began to teach at his alma mater, the Royal School of Music.

King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the patron of Richard Wagner, presented the violin to Walter in 1870.

2, was dedicated to the members of the quartet: Benno Walter, Michael Steiger, Anton Thoms, and Hanuš Wihan,[8] who had given it its first performance.

He played the solo violin part at the first performance of Parsifal at Bayreuth in 1882, and was a frequent guest at Wahnfried.