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Will Sanders<\/strong> was born in the Netherlands. He comes from a musical family and
\nreceived his first music lessons from his grandfather and father. He started his horn
\nstudies very early with Hubert Cr\u00fcts at the Hogeschool Zuyd in Maastricht, where he
\nlater continued his studies with Prof. Erich Penzel.
\nIn 1986, he graduated with distinction and became a member of the European Union
\nYouth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado. In the same year he became deputy solo
\nhorn player at the National theater Mannheim and got to know the opera repertoire
\nfrom Mozart\u2019s Cos\u00ec fan tutte to Strauss\u2019 Die Frau ohne Schatten. In 1988, he was
\nappointed solo hornist in the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the SWR Baden-Baden.
\nIn 1990, he won the position of Solo-Hornist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich.
\nIn addition to his work in the orchestra and as a soloist, Will Sanders was also a
\nmember of various chamber music ensembles such as the Linos Ensemble, the Wind
\nArt Ensemble, and German Brass. Together with Stefan Dohr, he co-founded the German Horn Ensemble, where he played first horn.
\nThe Bayreuth Festival appointed him solo hornist in 1992 and in 1996, he became successor of Gerd Seifert in the position of leader of the Bayreuth Festival horn group and Siegfried\u2019s-Call hornplayer. He was often invited as a guest on solo horn by the Vienna Philharmonic. Working with great personalities such as Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti, Carlos
\nKleiber, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Metha, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, and Daniel Barenboim shaped his musical career.
\nWill Sanders has taught horn at the Hogeschool Zuyd in Maastricht since
\n1995. In 1999, he was appointed professor at the Karlsruhe University of Music.
\nTeaching classical music, horn, chamber music, and conducting has become his
\npassion. Will Sanders\u2019 innovative nature is evident not only in the development of new playing techniques for the horn, but also in the development of mouthpieces, a new patented rotary valve, and new horn models.
\nDue to Will Sanders\u2019 diverse musical and educational insights, many of his students have positions in first-class orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, NHK Orchestra Japan, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de Espa\u00f1a, Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, and Orquesta Filarm\u00f3nica de Bogot\u00e1.
\nHis students also work in professorships and teaching positions at universities around the world such as Tokyo University of the Arts Geidai, the Colburn School Los Angeles, the Conservatory of Music Shanghai, the National University of Colombia, the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and the Academy of Music in Krak\u00f3w.
\nWill Sanders has been mentor of the German Youth Orchestra since 1998, and has
\norganized the Alemanha\u2013Brasil Festival annually on behalf of the DAAD since
\n2002. He is regularly invited to international competitions and festivals in the USA,
\nJapan, China, Europe, Russia, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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