Will Sanders

Will Sanders is a hornist born in Venlo, the Netherlands.

He trained in music at Maastricht, where he graduated with honours in 1988. In 1985, while still a student, he became a member of the European Youth Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado. A year later he joined the Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra (Germany), serving as understudy horn soloist, and in 1988 he joined the Südwestfunk Baden Baden Radio Symphony Orchestra (Germany) as horn soloist. In 1990 he joined Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the same capacity. He held the position of solo horn in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival from 1992 to 1997.

Sanders has worked with many distinguished conductors of our time, as well as with Germany's main orchestras, and has been a guest performer for the Vienna Philharmonic. In addition to his orchestral work, he has made CDs and other recordings for radio and television and is regularly an international soloist as well as a member of numerous chamber music ensembles, such as German Brass, Linos Ensemble, Mullova Ensemble and the Wind Art Ensemble. He has taught courses and directed international workshops for horns in such countries as the United States, Japan, Korea, Australia, Italy, Spain, Holland and Switzerland. He has taught the horn with Professor Erich Penzel at the Maastricht Conservatory in Holland since 1995. He was named Horn Professor at the Karlsruhe Music Conservatory in Germany in 2000.