Franziska Strohmayr - Violin, North Indian Singing Bowls, Tap Shoes

Laura Pitz - Piano, North Indian Singing Bowls

"Vernissage" - Wilfried Hiller - Works for Violin & Piano and North Indian Singing Bowls, Wine Glasses & Tap Shoes [incl. three World Premiere Recordings]

To mark the 85th birthday of the renowned Munich composer Wilfried Hiller, master of universal sound art, the CD "VERNISSAGE – Works for Violin, Piano, North Indian Singing Bowls, Wine Glasses and Tap Shoes" will be released from March 2026: This unconventional instrumentation creates a synthesis of tradition and experimentation that takes the listener into new dimensions of sound.

Several world premiere recordings can also be heard, some inspired by the expressive sculptures of the artist Antje Tesche-Mentzen.
Hiller, known for his intellectual cross-connections and references to the visual arts, combines music with visual inspiration here – as in "Vernissage" or "Agnes-Umspielungen". The compositions invite you to an auditory exhibition, full of allusions and emotional depth.

Interpreted by violinist Franziska Strohmayr and pianist Laura Pitz, who make the nuanced timbres shine, they also present solo works with virtuoso musicality and technique, interweaving harmonic worlds and percussive elements. This album is a novelty in contemporary music: innovative, interdisciplinary and astonishing – let yourself be inspired by Hiller's cosmos.


Wilfried Hiller, born in Weißenhorn/Germany in 1941, after studying piano with Wilhelm Heckmann at the Augsburg Conservatory, he fi rst worked as an organist and ballet répétiteur. During this activity he met his fi rst wife, the dance pedagogue Isabella Schwarz. From 1963 Hiller studied at the University of Music Munich with Günter Bialas (composition) and Hanns Hölzl (drums).

From 1967 he played as a drummer in various orchestras and founded the concert series “musik unserer Zeit.” The following years were infl uenced by contact with Carl Orff, with whom he worked closely as his student until his death.
Hiller’s works for music theatre were decisively infl uenced by his collaboration with actresses Elisabet Woska and Michael Ende.

From 1971 to 2006, Hiller was music editor at the broadcast corp. Bayerischer Rundfunk. In 1989 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1993 a composition teacher at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, and was director of the International OrganWeek Nuremberg from 2009 to 2012. Hiller lives in Munich and on the small Greek island of Phournoi.

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