Walter Hilgers

Walter Hilgers in 2013

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

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[1])
    • 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

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