Walter Hilgers

Walter Hilgers in 2013

Walter Hilgers (born 1959 in Stolberg, 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 Honorary 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: i.a. Tuba - Concerto and Symphony No.5 As Soloist and Conductor

• Orchestra of the Nationaltheater Mannheim

  Works for Solo Tuba - und Orchester (2017) – Solist: Siegfried Jung

• Numerous CD recordings as Soloist and member of German Brass

External links

• 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"