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