Walter Hilgers

Walter Hilgers 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"
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
* Tritonus Wimares
** Works by Igor Stravinsky: i.a. Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella-Suite, Suites for small Orchestra
** Works by Ervin Schulhoff: i.a. Suite for Chamber Orchestra, Double Concerto for Flute, Piano, Strings and 2 Horns
* Košice State Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovakia
** Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 19
** Hymne an die Nacht - Meditative music for Horn and Orchestra
** "Die Harfe"
* Europe Festival Orchestra
** Fandango – "Die Gitarre"
** Tastenfieber – "Das Klavier"
* Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt/Germany
** Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto, Sea Songs and Symphony No.5 as Soloist and Conductor
* Orchestra of the Nationaltheater Mannheim
** Works for Solo Tuba - und Orchester – Soloist: Siegfried Jung
Numerous CD recordings as Soloist and member of German Brass