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 (GENUINCD "Ralph Vaughan Williams" at 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
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"