Walter Hilgers
Walter Hilgers in 2013
Walter Hilgers (born 1959 in Stolberg, Germany) is a German tuba player. He performs worldwide as orchestral musician, soloist, academic music teacher, arranger and conductor.
Studies
Musical career
- 1978 – 1981 Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra
- 1979 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 – 1981 Robert Schumann Institute of Music in Düsseldorf
- 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 1995 ensemble Tritonus Wimares, founded by W. Hilgers. Members are soloists of the Staatskapelle Weimar
- Since 2000 Young German Brass Soloists (Junge Deutsche Blechbläsersolisten)
- Guest conductor at Philharmonic State Orchestra Košice, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic State Orchestra Montevideo, Europe festival orchestra
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"
- Young German Brass Soloists (Junge Deutsche Blechbläsersolisten)
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