Walter Hilgers

Walter Hilgers (born 1959 in Stolberg, West Germany) is a German tuba player and conductor. He performs worldwide as orchestral musician, soloist, academic music teacher, arranger and conductor.

Studies

• 1976-1978 Studies at the "University School of Music and Dance Cologne, Institute Aachen" - Tuba, Double Bass and Piano
• Qualification: Artistic Diploma with distinction

Musical career

• 1978 – 1981 Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra
• 1979 – 1991 Bayreuth Festival
• 1995 – Bayreuth Festival
• 1981 – 1991 Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
• 1982 – 1986 regular guest at Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• 1987 – 1991 regular guest at NDR Symphony Orchestra
• 1979 – 2007 brass ensemble German Brass
• 1991 – 1995 NDR Symphony Orchestra
• 2005 – 2007 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna State Opera

Teaching

• 1978 – 1987 Lecturer at the "University School of Music and Dance Cologne"(Aachen and Düsseldorf)
• 1986 – 1988 Lecturer at the Academy of Music, Lübeck
• 1989 – 1995 Professor for tuba and chamber music at the Hamburg Institute of Fine Arts
• Since 1995 Professor for tuba and chamber music at Franz Liszt academy of music in Weimar

Conducting

• Since 2016 Honorar Artistic Director and Permanent Invited Conductor of the "PAUL CONSTANTINESCU" Philharmonic Orchestra Ploieşti
• 2017-2020 Chief Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Provincial de Santa Fé/Argentina
• 2007-2014 Principal Guest Conductor of the State Philharmonic Orchestra Banatul/Timişoara
• Guest conducting engagements:
• Orquesta Sinfónica Montevideo/Uruguay
• Orquesta Sinfónica del Sodre, Montevideo/Uruguay
• Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Buenos Aires/Argentina
• Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires/Argentina
• Orquesta Sinfónica Santa Fé/Argentina
• Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá/Colombia
• St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Orchestra/Russia
• Radio Chamber Orchestra Bucharest/Romania
• Radio Symphony Orchester Bucharest/Romania
• George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra Bucharest/Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra "Banatul", Timişoara/Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Cluj/ Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Iaşi/ Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Arad/ Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Sibiu/Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Târgu Mureş/ Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Oradea/ Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Craiova/ Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Bacău/ Romania
• Philharmonic Orchestra Ploieşti/Romania
• Philharmonic Orchestra Piteşti/Romania
• Philharmonic Orchestra Muntenia/Târgoviste/Romania
• State Philharmonic Orchestra Košice/Slovakia
• Philharmonic Orchestra Zagreb/Croatia
• Nice Philharmonic Orchestra/France
• International Youth Orchestra Academy
• Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt/Germany
• Leipzig Symphony Orchestra/Germany
• Munich Radio Orchestra/Germany
• Orchestra of the Nationaltheater Mannheim
• Chamber Concerts as a Conductor
• Bavarian State Opera Munich/Germany
• Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg/Germany
• German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken- Kaiserslautern/Germany
• Mecklenburg State Orchestra Schwerin/Germany
• Tritonus Wimares/Germany
• Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra/Qatar
• Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra/South Korea
• Orquesta de Valencia/Spain
• SODRE Orquesta Montevideo/Uruguay

CD-Recordings

• As Conductor:
  • Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie
    • Mahler, Symphony No.5 (1996)
  • Tritonus Wimares
    • Works by Igor Stravinsky: i.a. Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella-Suite, Suites for small Orchestra (MDG 1996)
    • Works by Ervin Schulhoff: i.a. Suite for Chamber Orchestra, Double Concerto for Flute, Piano, Strings and 2 Horns (MDG 2000)
  • Košice State Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovakia
    • Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 19 (MARCOPOLO 2000)
    • Hymne an die Nacht - Meditative music for Horn and Orchestra (Herder Verlag 2000)
    • "Die Harfe" (Kreuz Verlag 2001)
  • Europe Festival Orchestra
    • Fandango – "Die Gitarre" (Kreuz Verlag 2001)
    • Tastenfieber – "Das Klavier" (Kreuz Verlag 2001)
  • Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt/Germany
    • Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto, Sea Songs and Symphony No.5 as Soloist and Conductor (GENUIN)
  • Orchestra of the Nationaltheater Mannheim
    • Works for Solo Tuba - und Orchester (2017) – Soloist: Siegfried Jung
• Numerous CD recordings as Soloist and member of German Brass

References

External links

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• official website in English & German
• Guest Conductor with Romanian National Radio Orchestra of Bucharest, Romania Conducting the world premiere of the Holocaust music "Cries from Earth to Heaven"