Friederike Proch Benesch

Friderica Ernestina Theresia Proch Benesch, also known as Friederike Proch Benesch, (4 March 1805 – 23 February 1872), was a Czechpianist, piano teacher, and composer. She had a long concert career in Vienna, and for several years she was also active in what is now Slovenia. She was the first known woman to perform her own composition publicly in Ljubljana, and the first known woman to teach piano privately in Ljubljana in an official capacity (outside school institutions).