Johannes Honsig-Erlenburg and Ulrich Leisinger in conversation with Sarah Willis
'Mozart would have been a good Cuban.' This remark stuck with Sarah Willis during her visit to Havana, Cuba, in 2017 – it became the spark that ignited the Mozart y Mambo project, which was recorded in Havana in 2020 and celebrated worldwide.
A bust of Mozart had already been unveiled in Havana in 2007, and later, with the support of the International Mozarteum Foundation, the Havana Lyceum Orchestra was founded – an ensemble that has been close to the foundation's heart ever since. It was precisely this orchestra with which Sarah Willis developed her extraordinary musical partnership years later.
Foundation President Johannes Honsig-Erlenburg and Ulrich Leisinger, Scientific Director of the Foundation, talk to the charismatic horn player about the unifying power of Mozart, shared values in musical work and the emergence of projects such as Mozart y Mambo and The Sarahbanda.
