Walter Hilgers
Illustration — 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.
Walter Hilgers
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- Born
- 1959 · Stolberg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- conductor · music educator · university teacher · tubist · editor · music arranger · composer
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — 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.
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Walter Hilgers (born 1959) is a German composer, conductor and editor, among other activities. The composer was born in Stolberg. Walter Hilgers worked for Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. Languages used include German.
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Studies
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
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
Conducting
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
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Walter Hilgers is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation music arranger. Recorded as conductor, music educator, university teacher, tubist and editor.
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1959
Walter Hilgers was born on 1 January 1959.
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
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• 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
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