Walter Klingner (born 1961) is a German oboist and

cor anglais The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

player.

Life

Born in Gotha, Klingner studied

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with

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at the

Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany. The Hochschule Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of ...

. He now works there as a

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. Since 1986, he is Solo Englisch hornist at the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also a guest performer at the

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

, the Bachorchester Stuttgart, the

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and the

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orchestra. Numerous compositions have been

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d by him, among others by

Gerd Domhardt Gerd Domhardt (19 February 1945 in Wolmirstedt – 18 February 1997 in Halle) was a German composer. Domhardt grew up in Schleusingerneundorf. He studied music education, German studies and musicology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1 ...

. He recorded compositions by Felix Draeseke,

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and Elliott Carter with Frank Peter. Klingner is a member of the Kammersymphonie LeipzigDie Kammersymphonie Leipzig
Retrieved 29 October 2020. and of the Ensemble Sortisatio.

Recordings

* 1991: ''Sächsisches Kammerorchester Leipzig'' * 1995: ''Gubener Kirchenmusik I'' with , organ (Coolmusic) * 1999: Thomas Müller: ''Kraino – Ich verwirkliche'' () * 2003: Groupe Lacroix: '' 8 Pieces on Paul Klee'' (

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) * 2004: ''Ensemble Sortisatio'' ( Querstand) * 2005: Ernst Krenek: ''Zeitlieder'' (Eos Record Label) * 2009:

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: ''A Portrait'' (

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) * 2011: Thomas Buchholz: ''Ehre sei Gott für alles'' (Querstand)

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* * Cor anglais players German classical oboists Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar 1961 births Living people People from Gotha (town) {{Germany-musician-stub