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.
After a successful application for exit [de] from the GDR, he moved to Munich in 1984.
Altner then worked as literary editor for the Bärenreiter publishing house.
at the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre, supervised by Johannes Forner[2] Altner is chairman of the board of the Thomanerchor Foundation.