# 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