Hilko Dumno studied Piano, Chamber music and Song Interpretation at the Hochschulen in Detmold and Frankfurt am Main. Among his teachers were Gregor Weichert, Rainer Hoffmann, Tabea Zimmermann and Charles Spencer. He was a scholarship holder from the Endowmentof the Arts, officially sponsored by the German government, the Villa Musica in Mainz and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation.
He has regular collaboration with Christoph Prégardien, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Christine Schäfer, Hans-Jörg Mammel, Hedwig Fassbender, Julia Kleiter and Johannes Schendel whom he’s accompanied at various festivals among which are Schleswig-Holstein, Schwetzingen, Dresden, Luzerne, Geneva and the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg.
Further concert tours brought him to North America and Japan. For the North German radio, the Hessischer Rundfunk and the Radio de la Suisse Romande he’s taken part in various productions which testify to his artistic activities. He has also produced several CDs. Hilko Dumno teaches Song Interpretation at the Hochschule for Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt and At the Hochschule for Music and Dance in Cologne.