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Podcast "Hans Werner who!? - Warum Sie Henze kennen müssen

Hans Werner who!?

Zum 100. Geburtstag ihres Stifters (*1.7.1926) produziert die Hans Werner Henze-Stiftung in Kooperation mit dem Musikjournalismuskollektiv MUJK eine Podcast-Serie: Darin wird die Relevanz des Komponisten, seines Werkens und Wirkens nicht nur zu Lebzeiten, sondern auch für künftige Generationen hör- und erfahrbar gemacht.

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Henze-Cuba-Fest in Rome

The Rome Opera celebrated the composer’s anniversary in May 2026 with a unique Henze-Cuba festival.
The highlight of the festival was the Italian premiere of “La Piccola Cubana” and the recital “El Cimarrón”, each featuring two performances.

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Michael Kerstan im Interview mit Miguel Barnet, Rom 18.05.2026

Interview with Miguel Barnet

As part of the Roman Henze-Cuba Festival, Michael Kerstan spoke in Rome with the Cuban ethnologist Miguel Barnet, the author of the two ethnobiographical novels on which Henze’s works "El Cimarrón" and "La piccola Cubana" are based.

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New Release

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.

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Christiane Albiez

New Foundation Council Member: Christiane Albiez

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.

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So vergeblich zu lieben ist wie zum Tod verurteilt sein

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.

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Premiere von "Der Prinz von Homburg", Oper Frankfurt/M. 22.09.2024

The Prince of Homburg in Frankfurt

The new production of The Prince of Homburg premiered at Oper Frankfurt on 22 September 2024.

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Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kreile. Foundation council of the Hans Werner Henze Foundation since 2013 and Honorary Chairman till 2024

Mourning for Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kreile

We are shocked and saddened by the death of the co-founder and long-standing Chairman of the Board of the Hans Werner Henze Foundation.

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Daejeon Culture and Arts Center

Korean premiere of Erlkönig

On 31 August 2024, Hans Werner Henze's orchestral fantasy Erlkönig was performed for the first time in South Korea.

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Mourning for Michael Wagner, MBA

The Hans Werner Henze Foundation mourns the loss of business graduate Michael Wagner (1957-2024), member of the Board of the Hans Werner Henze Foundation from 2023-2024.

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