- Walter Hilgers
Walter Hilgers ( born 1959 in
Stolberg ,Germany ) is one of the world's leadingtuba players.
He performs worldwide as orchestral musician, soloist, academic music teacher, arranger and conductor.Studies:
----1976 - 1978 at
Rheinland State Institute of MusicAachen Musical career:
----1978 - 1981
Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra
1979Bayreuth Festival
1981 - 1991Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
1982 - 1986 regular guest atBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra
1987 - 1991 regular guest at NDR Symphony Orchestra
1979 - 2007 brass ensembleGerman Brass
since 1991NDR Symphony Orchestra
since 2005Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra &Vienna State Opera Teacher:
----1978 - 1981
Robert Schumann Institute of Music in Düsseldorf
1989 - 1995 professor for tuba andchamber music at the Hamburg Institute of Fine Arts
since 1995 professor for tuba and chamber music atFranz Liszt academy of music inWeimar Conductor / Director:
----since 1995 ensemble Tritonus Wimares, founded by W. Hilgers. Members are soloists of the
Staatskapelle Weimar
since 2000 Young German Brass Soloists ( Junge Deutsche Blechbläsersolisten )
guest conductor at Philharmonic State OrchestraKošice , Philharmonic OrchestraZagreb , Philharmonic State OrchestraMontevideo , Europe festival orchestraExternal links
* [http://www.walterhilgers.com/ official website in English & German]
* [http://www.jdbs-online.de/ Young German Brass Soloists (Junge Deutsche Blechbläsersolisten)]
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