Hans Walter Kämpfel (22 June 1924 – 22 April 2016) was a German conductor, composer and Generalmusikdirektor in Aachen and Bremen.
At the same time, he worked for Karl Amadeus Hartmann in the concert series musica viva of Bayerischer Rundfunk, which aimed at the performance and dissemination of contemporary music in Germany.
After a period filled with various guest contracts, Kämpfel took over as chief conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Zorneding-Baldham cultural association in Upper Bavaria from 1974 to 2004.
With the Bavarian Classics he made numerous guest appearances in Munich, Frankfurt, Geneva, Graz and Shanghai.
With a chamber music formation of this orchestra, Kämpfel was a guest in 1995 in the ancient theatre and archaeological museum in Bodrum/Turkey and in the Seagarden in Antalya as well as in the Ankara Opera House.