Wilhelm Hübner studied 1934-1938 composition with Fidelio F. Finke, conducting with George Szell and Fritz Rieger as well piano with Franz Langer at the German Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Prague. Then he became choral director at the theatre in Aussig an der Elbe (Ústí nad Labem). After the Second World War he had to leave Czechoslovakia and went to Germany. He became a répétiteur in 1945 and later a conductor at the Dresden State Opera. From 1949 to 1952 he worked as Musical Overlord at the theatre Quedlinburg and from 1952 to 1956 as conductor at the theatre Erfurt. Other biographical stations were: 1956 to 1960 freelance composer, pianist and conductor; 1960 to 1966 First Conductor at the Landestheater Halle and 1966 to 1968 in the same function at the theatre Magdeburg. Since 1968 Wilhelm Hübner was again free-lance and lived since then in Dresden.
His numerous compositions include orchestral works, chamber music, piano pieces, choral works and songs. The stage works include acting music (to “The great day” by Beaumarchais, “Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “The Comedy of the Errors” by William Shakespeare), the ballet “The Temptation” (Dresden 1978) and the children's opera “O dear Florian”. Hübner wrote the librettos for two operas by other composers: “The devil is at work in Schilda” by Walter Draeger (Dessau 1968) and “Der Zauberfisch” by Fidelio F. Finke (Dresden 1978).
Since 1972 Hübner has written more than 800 music reviews as well as numerous essays and essays for the periodicals “Music and Society”, “Das Orchester” and “Hudevbné Noviny”. From his great expertise and theatrical experience speak his articles “Guards sense, singer-friendliness and noblesse. On the Requirements of a Conductor in the Opera “(The Orchestra 6/1993) and “Music from the orchestra pit. On the role of the orchestra in the opera” (Das Orchester 10/1994).
His younger brother is the philosopher Kurt Hübner. (Wikipedia)