Cuban Dances Road Trip - Sarah Willis(2022)

Cuban Dances Road Trip - Sarah Willis Synopsis

After the brilliant success of her “Mozart y Mambo” project, Sarah Willis is returning to Cuba. This time the Berlin Philharmonic hornist sets out together with the “Havana Lyceum Orchestra” on a musical road trip to showcase the traditional Cuban music, bringing viewers and listeners into even more intense and lively contact with its roots and traditions. With them, the musicians bring a very special commissioned work. Sarah Willis has commissioned six young Cuban composers to compose a “Cuban Dance Suite” in six movements – for strings, Cuban percussion and solo horn in a fresh and modern adaption of traditional Cuban dances: Son, Danzón, Guaguanco, Cha-Cha, Bolero and Changüi.

Cuban Dances Road Trip - Sarah Willis (2022) is a documentary film directed by Magdalena Zięba-Schwind, released on December 4, 2022. It stars Sarah Willis.