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University of Edinburgh.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch
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Mohr-Pietsch read music at Newnham College, Cambridge from 1998–2001, where she was the first ever Newnham Choral Scholar in Selwyn College Chapel Choir. After gaining a first class degree, she undertook an Master of Arts at Edinburgh University, subsequently becoming a tutor, a post she retained until 2006. While based in Edinburgh, Mohr-Pietsch embarked on a career in arts administration and began to broadcast on Radio 3, winning a British Broadcasting Corporation talent contest in 2004.
After moving back to London her involvement with the network became more extensive.
She became a regular presenter of the network’s Breakfast programme in 2007. Her fortnightly stretches alternated with those of Petroc Trelawny.
Previously Rob Cowan was the other regular presenter. In addition, she presents (with others) the contemporary music programme Hear and Now.
Mohr-Pietsch began to present The Proms in 2008 on Radio 3, and on television for the British Broadcasting Corporation. At the beginning of December 2013, Clemency Burton-Hill replaced her on Breakfast.
She regularly presents Radio 3"s Discovering Music series, particularly in programmes on Bach, whom she greatly admires and has studied extensively. Early music is another interest. She is also a singer and pianist and plays the viola da gamba – "incredibly badly" in her own words.
In support of Red Nose Day 2013, Mohr-Pietsch set herself the challenge of learning eight notes on the cello in seven days, as part of a comic rendition of Pachelbel"s Canon.
