Wilfried Hiller

Wilfried Hiller is a German composer, born in 1941 in Weißenhorn near Ulm. He studied composition with Günter Bialas in Munich and worked closely with Carl Orff until Orff's death in 1982. He is known above all for music theatre for families and young audiences, much of it written with the author Michael Ende. Wilfried Hiller played percussion in orchestras and worked as a music editor at Bayerischer Rundfunk. His stage works with Michael Ende include Tranquilla Trampeltreu, Der Goggolori, Das Traumfresserchen and Der Rattenfänger.