Walter Klingner

Walter Klingner (born 1961) is a German oboist and cor anglais player.

Life

Born in Gotha, Klingner studied oboe with Axel Schmidt at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. He now works there as a lecturer.

Since 1986, he is Solo Englisch hornist at the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra.[1] He is also a guest performer at the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Bachorchester Stuttgart, the Berliner Philharmonie and the Bayreuth Festival orchestra.[2]

Numerous compositions have been premiered by him, among others by Gerd Domhardt. He recorded compositions by Felix Draeseke, Carlo Yvon and Elliott Carter with Frank Peter. Klingner is a member of the Kammersymphonie Leipzig[3] and of the Ensemble Sortisatio.

Recordings

• 1991: Sächsisches Kammerorchester Leipzig
• 1995: Gubener Kirchenmusik I with Wieland Meinhold [de], organ (Coolmusic)
• 1999: Thomas Müller: Kraino – Ich verwirkliche (ConBrio Verlag [de])
• 2003: Groupe Lacroix: 8 Pieces on Paul Klee (Creative Works Records)
• 2004: Ensemble Sortisatio (Querstand)
• 2005: Ernst Krenek: Zeitlieder (Eos Record Label)
• 2009: Jean-Luc Darbellay: A Portrait (Claves Records)
• 2011: Thomas Buchholz: Ehre sei Gott für alles (Querstand)

References

1. MDR SINFONIEORCHESTER (cast list).
2. http://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de
3. Die Kammersymphonie Leipzig. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

External links

• Literature by and about Walter Klingner in the German National Library catalogue
• Walter Klingner discography at Discogs