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
• 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)