Sarah Willis, First Lady of the French Horn

No woman has ever achieved a higher profile on the French horn than Sarah Willis. Why? It's not as if she is a renowned soloist. But she is the first and only woman to join the brass section of the world's most celebrated and widely followed orchestra. It will be no surprise if this Saturday the BBC cameras as usual pick her out from row upon row of Teutonic males in the second of the Berlin Philharmonic’s two Prom 2010 appearances. But in addition to her Berliner duties, this year Willis has stepped out from under the orchestra’s giant shadow for the first time.

French horn in the Berlin Zoo

TPR Classical: Sarah Willis: First Lady of the Berlin Philharmonic Brass

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Sarah Willis, First Lady of the French Horn

Classical CDs Weekly: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Berlin Philharmonic

Abbado Memories of the Berlin Phil Horns

Lindberg, Cowen, RLPO, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

BBC Four - BBC Young Musician, 2016 - Sarah Willis

Berliner Philharmoniker Master Class - Horn

Sarah´s Horn Hangouts are up-close and personal interviews with

Sarah Willis in Cowley, WY