Wilfried Hiller

Wilfried Hiller studied composition (with Günter Bialas), opera production, percussion and timpani (with Ludwig Porth and Hanns Hölzl), and music theory at the Munich Musikhochschule. From 1967 Hiller was a percussionist in various orchestras. In 1968 he founded the Munich concert series "musik unserer zeit." During the following years he worked closely with his teacher Carl Orff until Orff's death. His many music theatre works have been greatly influenced by his collaboration with the actress Elisabeth Woska and by his inspiring friendship with Michael Ende. In 1993 he was appointed as a teacher of composition at the Richard Strauss conservatoire in Munich