Thomas Hille

Double Bass Masterclass

Thomas Hille was born in Deggendorf and received his first piano lessons at the age of five. At 16 he discovered his love for the double bass. In 2009 he began studying with Dorin Marc at the Nuremberg University of Music. In 2013 he was accepted into the Academy of the Munich Philharmonic. Thomas Hille is a prizewinner of the 2012 international Johann Matthias Sperger Competition, where he was awarded the audience prize as well as the award for the best interpretation of a classical sonata. In 2014 he received the Culture Prize of the City of Deggendorf. As a soloist he has performed with Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz, the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie and the Isarphilharmonie Munich, among others. Masterclasses with Božo Paradžik, Catalin Rotaru and Yasunori Kawahara rounded off his education. He was awarded his diploma with distinction. Thomas Hille has been principal double bassist of the orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz since 2016. He also appears regularly as a guest with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart State Opera and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, among others. He is also a lecturer in the Swabian Youth Symphony Orchestra and has been teaching the double bass class at the Leopold Mozart Center at the University of Augsburg since 2023.