Sarah Willis (hornist)

Sarah Willis is a French horn player. She performs with the Berlin Philharmonic, and is a presenter of TV and radio programs about classical music. Sarah Willis was born in Maryland, United States, and grew up in Tokyo, Boston and Moscow and London.[1] She started playing the French horn at age 14, and attended the Royal College of Music Junior Department. She later joined the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied with Anthony Halstead and Jeff Bryant. Moving to Berlin, she studied with Fergus McWilliam.

Career

In 1991, Sarah Willis took the position as second horn with the Berlin State Opera under Daniel Barenboim. She joined the Berlin Philharmonic in 2001, under Simon Rattle, becoming the first female brass player.[2] She has performed as a soloist with a number of orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She also regularly performs with chamber music ensembles.

Willis is a presenter on the German TV station Deutsche Welle, where she hosts a program entitled Sarah’s Music.[3] She also interviews soloists and conductors for the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall, and was a mentor and presenter for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011, in Sydney.[4] She works with Zukunft@BPhil, the Berlin Philharmonic's education programme, where she presents family concerts.[5]

Willis has recorded a number of CDs as member of the Berlin Philharmonic, as soloist, and as part of chamber ensembles.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/sarahs-music-contemporary-classical/p-17713475-9801
  2. ↑ https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/orchestra/musician/sarah-willis/
  3. ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/program/sarahs-music/s-101118-9798
  4. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/albert-imperato/youtube-symphony-orchestra_b_847859.html
  5. ↑ http://berlinphilbrass.com/bios
  6. ↑ http://sarah-willis.com/discography/

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