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Sarah Willis

Sarah Willis is a British hornist and a television presenter. Since 2014, she hosts the weekly music magazine "Sarah's Music" for DW.

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Sarah Willis und die Harfenistin Marie-Pierre Langlamet in der Berliner Philharmonie

The Harp - Instrument of the Year!

The instrument of angels - the harp is the Instrument of the Year 2016.
MusicNovember 4, 201612:00 min

Gospel!

Sarah Willis experiences the power of gospel music with the multi-talented Damien Sneed in New York.
CultureOctober 23, 201611:59 min
USA - DW Sarah Willis und Gospel Chor „Cathedral at Greater Faith“ in New York

Sarah's Music - Gospel!

Sarah Willis experiences the power of gospel music with the multi-talented Damien Sneed in New York.
CultureOctober 21, 2016
Sarah Willis und Anna Netrebko beim Echo Klassik 2016 im Konzerthaus Berlin

Sarah at the Echo Klassik Awards

Horn player Sarah Willis goes backstage at Germany´s most glamorous classical music event - the Echo Klassik Awards.
MusicOctober 15, 201612:02 min
Sarah Willis und Anna Netrebko beim Echo Klassik 2016 im Konzerthaus Berlin

Sarah's Music - Sarah at the Echos

Sarah Willis goes backstage at Germany´s most glamorous classical music event - the Echo Klassik Awards.
MusicOctober 15, 2016
Bonn Sarah Willis und François-Xavier Roth beim Beethovenfest

Ta ta ta taaaaa! - Beethoven´s 5th

Beethoven´s 5th Symphony up close and personal with conductor François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles.
MusicOctober 8, 201612:00 min
Sarah Willis trifft John Wilson in Berlin

The John Wilson Orchestra in Berlin

The John Wilson Orchestra celebrates music from classic MGM musicals at the Musikfest in Berlin.
MusicSeptember 30, 201612:02 min
USA Sarah Willis beim International Trombone Festival in New York

Sarah's Music - 384 Trombones in New York

384 trombone players gather in New York to try and break a world record. And among them is Sarah.
MusicSeptember 27, 2016
USA Sarah Willis at the International Trombone Festival in New York

In New York with 384 trombones

384 trombone players gather in New York to try and break a world record. And among them is Sarah.
CultureSeptember 24, 201612:02 min
Lucinda Childs Dance Company

The Lucinda Childs Dance Company

The choreographer Lucinda Childs brings her dance company to Bonn to perform at the Beethovenfest.
CultureSeptember 17, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis trifft Wynton Marsalis in New York

Wynton Marsalis and his JALC Orchestra

Take the A Train with Sarah, jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
CultureSeptember 10, 201612:02 min
Sarah Willis und die Coldstream Guards Band

The Band of the Coldstream Guards

A very British episode of Sarah´s Music featuring the Band of the Coldstream Guards.
CultureAugust 27, 201600:00 min
Sarah Willis und die Coldstream Guards Band

Sarah’s Music - The Band of the Coldstream Guards

A very British episode of Sarah´s Music featuring the Band of the Coldstream Guards.
August 26, 2016
Sarah Willis und der US-amerikanische Theaterregisseur Peter Sellars

Sarah´s Music Communicators

Revisit five of Sarah´s favourite music communicators from the series.
CultureAugust 20, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis and Daniel Hope

Daniel Hope, Violinist and much more…

Meet violinist Daniel Hope in Berlin as he celebrates the 100th birthday of his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin.
August 13, 201612:05 min
Sarah Willis, Daniel Hope, Yehudi Menuhin, Norman Perryman, William Walton, Konzerthaus Berlin

Sarah's Music - Daniel Hope, Violinist and much more...

Meet violinist Daniel Hope in Berlin as he celebrates the 100th birthday of his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin.
August 12, 2016
USA Sarah Willis mit jungen Hornisten bei der Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara

The Music Academy of the West

A day with Sarah Willis at the beautiful and inspiring Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.
CultureAugust 6, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis und ein Lufthansa-Kapitän auf dem Frankfurter Flughafen

Lufthansa orchestra takes off

Up, up and away with Lufthansa Orchestra and Sarah Willis on this episode of Sarah's Music!
CultureJuly 30, 201612:02 min
Sarah Willis, Lufthansa Orchestra, Lufthansa, Frankfurt Airport, Germany

Sarah's Music - The Lufthansa Orchestra

Up, up and away with Lufthansa Orchestra and Sarah Willis on this episode of Sarah's Music!
July 29, 2016
Bundesjugendorchester in Berlin Deutschland

On tour with young musicians

Find out why playing in the German National Youth Orchestra is such a fantastic experience!
MusicJuly 16, 201612:03 min
Bundesjugendorchester in Berlin Deutschland

Sarah's Music - The German National Youth Orchestra

Find out why playing in the German National Youth Orchestra is such a fantastic experience!
July 15, 2016
Berlin, Julius Drake, Sarah Willis, Ian Bostridge, Franz Schubert, Winterreise

Sarah’s Music – Schubert’s “Winter Journey”

Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake perform Schubert´s song cycle “Winter Journey” in Berlin.
CultureJuly 2, 201612:02 min
Elektro-Musiker Henrik Schwarz und Sarah Willis

Henrik Schwarz - beats without borders

Sarah Willis meets top electronic and club musician - the DJ, composer and producer Henrik Schwarz.
CultureJune 18, 201612:05 min
Avi Avital and Sarah Willis

Sarah's Music - A day with Avi Avital

Sarah Willis spends a wonderful day with Avi Avital and his mandolin in Berlin.
June 6, 2016
Avi Avital and Sarah Willis

A day with Avi Avital

Sarah Willis spends a wonderful day with Avi Avital and his mandolin in Berlin.
CultureJune 4, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis with Placido Domingo

Sarah's Music - Sarah´s Music Moments

Sarah Willis taucht ein in das Archiv von Sarah’s Music und zeigt uns einige ihrer bisherigen Höhepunkte. Aber welche soll Sie auswählen? Es gab ja so viele außergewöhnliche Momente in den vergangenen zwei Jahren.
MusicMay 21, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis

Sarah's Music - Favorite moments

Sarah Willis delves into the Sarah's Music archives to share some of her favorite moments so far.
May 20, 2016
Sarah Willis and Daniil Trifonov in Hamburg

Talking pianos with Daniil Trifonov

Sarah Willis meets star pianist Daniil Trifonov and gets an inside look at his life and his pianos on tour.
MusicMay 7, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis, Bundesjugendorchester, German National Youth Orchestra, BJO, Baden-Baden, Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie

Sarah's Music

Find out why playing in the German National Youth Orchestra is such a fantastic experience!
April 29, 2016

How music affects the brain

Classical music is like a full body workout for the human brain. Sarah Willis finds out why.
ScienceApril 23, 201612:06 min

Sarah's Music - Music on the Brain

Classical music is like a full body workout for the human brain. Sarah Willis finds out how and why!
April 22, 2016

Sarah's Music

Find out what goes on inside a musician's body while playing an instrument.
CultureApril 9, 201612:05 min
Sarah's Music, Sarah Willis, music, science, Max Planck Institute, Motion Capture, MRI, Horn, Göttingen

Sarah's Music - Music and Science

Sarah finds out how scientific developments help musicians and volunteers for an ex-periment herself.
April 8, 201612:03 min
Sarah's Music, Sarah Willis, Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo, Japan

Around the World

From New York to Australia, Sarah Willis shares some of her favorite Sarah´s Music locations so far.
CultureApril 2, 201612:03 min
music, Sarah Willis, Carnegie Hall, New York, Ice Music Festival, Sydney Opera House, Pacific Music Festival, Japan

Sarah's Music - around the world

From New York to Australia, Sarah Willis shares some of her favorite Sarah's Music locations so far.
April 1, 2016
Sarah Willis with Peter Sellars, Copyright: DW/C. Rowe

Sarah's Music: Peter Sellars - Staging classical music

Sarah Willis talks to the acclaimed opera and theater director Peter Sellars about staging classical music.
March 25, 2016

A Day at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

Sarah spends a day at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York - known as the “Met”.
March 12, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis mit Hornisten der Met in New York

Sarah's Music - A day at the Met

Sarah Willis spends a day at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Known as the “Met”, this opera house is one of the most famous and certainly the largest opera house in the world.
March 12, 201612:06 min
Sarah Willis at the Met in New York

Sarah's Music: A day at the Met

Sarah Willis spends a day at the famous Metropolitan Opera House in New York, known as the "Met".
March 11, 2016
Katia and Marielle Labèque with Sarah Willis.

Sarah's Music - The Labèque Sisters

Meet the French piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque in this episode of Sarah's Music!
MusicFebruary 27, 201612:03 min
Katia und Marielle Labèque zusammen mit Sarah Willis

Sarah's Music: The Labèque Sisters

Meet the famous French piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque in this episode of Sarah's Music!
February 26, 2016
Sarah Willis at the Ice Music Festival in Geilo, Norway

Ice Music Festival in Norway

Sarah visits the Ice Music Festival in Norway where all the instruments are made out of ice.
MusicFebruary 20, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis visits the Ice Music Festival in Geilo, Norway.

Sarah's Music: Ice Music Festival in Norway

Sarah visits the Ice Music Festival in Norway where all the instruments are made out of ice.
February 19, 2016

Sarah's Music - Hip-Hop and Horn

The Resnick Education Wing is Carnegie Hall´s statement to the world of how important music education is to them. It was opened in 2014 and is the home to many education programs offered by the Weil Music Institute. In this episode of Sarah´s Music, Sarah is invited to take part in a workshop for young people who are learning about digital music production.
CultureFebruary 13, 201612:05 min
Sarah Willis joins young people at a hip-hop workshop at the Resnick Education Wing in New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Sarah’s Music: Hip hop and horn

Young New Yorkers sample Sarah's horn playing on a hip-hop track. A very cool day!
February 12, 2016

Cold music

The Ice Music Festival is a very unusual music event: all the instruments are made of ice.
CultureJanuary 31, 201603:48 min
Sarah Willis and her team in front of the Teldex recording studio in Berlin.

Sarah's Music - The Perfect Take

Find out about the challenges of recording classical music in the digital world.
CultureJanuary 23, 201612:06 min
Sarah Willis with René Möller of the Teldex recording studio in Berlin.

Sarah's Music: The perfect take

Sarah Willis visits the famous Teldex recording studio in Berlin where all kinds of music is recorded.
January 22, 2016

Sarah's Music - Carnegie Hall

The saying goes: "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice!” Sarah meets Norwegian pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes, in New York, to hear why this concert hall is considered one of the best in the world.
January 16, 201612:03 min
Sarah Willis in the Carnegie Hall in New York.

Sarah's Music: Carnegie Hall

How do you get to the iconic Carnegie Hall in New York? Find out in this episode of Sarah's Music!
January 15, 2016