Lisa-Maria Hilti was born in Feldkirch (Austria). She received her first harp lessons at the Feldkirch Music School at the age of eight. After completing her concert diploma studies at the Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium in the class of Nicoletta Alberti-Belli, she decided to go to Lyon. There she received private lessons from Germaine Lorenzini for a year. She then began her master’s studies at the Detmold University of Music and at the Detmold Orchestra Center. There she was an academician in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for three consecutive years. Lisa-Maria Hilti is currently studying at the University of Art in Graz in the class of Margit-Anna Süß.
Lisa-Maria Hilti plays in orchestras such as the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra, the Sinfonietta Vorarlberg and as a substitute in the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra. Concert tours have taken her to Germany and abroad, including Spain and China. She has performed under conductors such as Pablo Heras-Casado, John Axelrod, Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger and Jaime Martín.