Walter Schartner

Walter Schartner (3 December 1894 – 24 May 1970 There he attended the Stern Conservatory where Leo Blech was his main teacher.

In 1945, Schartner was appointed director of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. After a guest performance in Halle in 1946, he received his appointment as Municipal Music Director by the Lord Mayor of Halle, at the suggestion of the Theatre Committee. In 1950/51, he was conductor of the {Loh-Orchester Sondershausen. After that, he was conductor of the Berliner Rundfunk. In 1951, together with the Berlin Radio Choir and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra he presented the complete opera recording of ' Lortzing's Regina. Later he was 1st Kapellmeister and Musical Director of the Volkspark Rehberge in West Berlin.