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German musician and musicologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stefan Altner (born in 1956) is a German musician, musicologist and cultural manager.
Born in Brandis, Altner was a member of the Thomanerchor from 1966 to 1975 and attended the St. Thomas School in Leipzig. He then studied church music, e.g. organ with Thomas organist Hannes Kästner, piano with Herbert Sahling and basso continuo and harpsichord with Walter Heinz Bernstein, at the Leipzig Conservatory and, after graduating with a diploma in church music, worked as church musician in Zossen.
After a successful application for exit from the GDR, he moved to Munich in 1984. Altner then worked as literary editor for the Bärenreiter publishing house. From 1986 to 1993 he was managing director of the Munich Chamber Orchestra and harpsichordist among the baroque soloists of the Munich Philharmonic. From 1993 to 2019 he was managing director of the Thomanerchor.[1]
In 2005, he received his first doctorate as Dr. phil. at the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre, supervised by Johannes Forner[2] Altner is chairman of the board of the Thomanerchor Foundation.[3] and co-initiator of the Leipzig education campus Forum Thomanum.[4] He is also on the supervisory board of the Leipziger Blätter.[5]
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