# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-hilgers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:38:08.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-hilgers"
name: "Walter Hilgers"
slug: "walter-hilgers"
description: "Walter Hilgers is a German tuba player and conductor. He performs worldwide as orchestral musician, soloist, academic music teacher, arranger and conductor."
tagline: "German musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Hilgers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.59
  momentum:             1.342281879194631
  historical:           7.006084
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2290132"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hilgers"
    title: "Walter Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hilgers"
    title: "Walter Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hilgers"
    title: "Walter Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ワルター・ヒルガース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hilgers"
    title: "Walter Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Хильгерс, Вальтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/178c56e5-9191-45c4-872d-535518c49bf7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322373"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump