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 Honorary 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