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Hans Werner Henze

Composer of Our Time

Biographical

List of Works

The complete œuvre 1943 - 2012

List of Works

List of events

since October 2013

Events

Publications

Books, CDs, DVDs

Publications

100 Years

Hans Werner Henze

Magazine

"Music can tell any story"

Highlights of the anniversary year

Dedication by Rainer Pöllmann on the 10th anniversary of Hans Werner Henze's death on 27 October 2022 on Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in german)

Here is an interview given by Hans Werner Henze during his first visit to Cuba on the occasion of the Cuban premiere of Das Floß der Medusa:

The illustrated book ‘A casa di Hans’, which was published in June 2021, is now also available in German. The translation was done by Julia Elisabeth Hartmann, and the introduction was written by Michael Kerstan, chairman of the Hans Werner Henze Foundation.

The Hans Werner Henze Foundation is delighted to welcome a new member to its Foundation Board: Christiane Albiez joined the team chaired by Peter Ruzicka in June 2025. During the last decade of Henze's life, she was a great supporter and close friend to him.

Die beiden hätten das Glamourpaar der Hochkultur werden können: Österreichs berühmte Dichterin Ingeborg Bachmann und der deutsche Komponist Hans Werner Henze, beide geboren 1926. Doch das Projekt ihrer Liebes- und Arbeitsgemeinschaft endete dramatisch, wie ein jüngst veröffentlichtes Tagebuch Bachmanns zeigt.

This collection publishes the contributions from the international symposium on Hans Werner Henze, which took place in Detmold in December 2022, bringing together current contributions to Henze research with a wide variety of focal points, such as film music, gender studies and music analysis.

Jens Brockmeier, a long-time colleague of Henze's, has written an introduction to help readers better understand the work and life of this old master of modern music. It is a sophisticated, comprehensive portrait of Hans Werner Henze, but by no means written solely for insiders.

This new volume in the ‘horizons’ series invites you to discover contemporary music in this illustrated, innovative biography with numerous appendices.

Event-highlights

Saturday
02
May 2026
[Translate to Englisch:]
Philharmonie · Köln · Deutschland

Los Caprichos

WDR Sinfonieorchester
Dirigent: Bas Wiegers

Los Caprichos
Saturday
09
May 2026
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Akademietheater · München · Deutschland

Voices

Münchener Kammerorchester
Sopran: Beatrice Maia
Tenor: Henrique Lencastre
Dirigent: Bas Wiegers

Voices
Friday
15
May 2026
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Teatro dell'Opera di Roma · Teatro Nazionale · Rom · Italien

La piccola Cubana

El Cimarrón-Ensemble & Friends

La piccola Cubana
Friday
15
May 2026
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Elbphilharmonie · Großer Saal · Hamburg · Deutschland

Tristan

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Klavier: Tamara Stefanovich
Dirigent: Pierre Bleuse

Tristan
Sunday
17
May 2026
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Icon Cinema
Zeise Kinos · Hamburg · Deutschland

Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum

Internationales Musikfest Hamburg
Regie: Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff,
Musik: Hans Werner Henze
Deutschland 1975

Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
Friday
12
June 2026
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Herkulessaal · München · Deutschland

Heliogabalus Imperator

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Dirigent: Matthias Pintscher

Heliogabalus Imperator
Wednesday
01
July 2026
Biblioteca · Real Maestranza de Caballería · Ronda · Spanien

Cherubino

Klavier: Homero Francesch

Cherubino
Tuesday
07
July 2026
Chiesa di Sant’Agostino · Siena · Italien

Requiem

Orchestra della Toscana
Chigiana Percussion Ensemble: Vittoria Di Grazia, Angelo Maggi, Davide Traina
Trompete: Jeroen Berwaerts
Klavier: Emanuele Arciuli

Dirigent: Kai Röhrig

Requiem
Thursday
20
August 2026
Felsenreitschule · Salzburg · Österreich

Der Prinz von Homburg

konzertante Aufführung
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Dirigent: Ingo Metzmacher

Der Prinz von Homburg

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