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.

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.

Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) is considered one of the most important contemporary German opera composers as well as "the most colourful figures in the history of musical art after the Second World War" (Petersen 1988). In autobiographical writings and interviews, in addition to the political-humanitarian and pedagogical dimensions of his works, he repeatedly stated that he understood music as a language for communicating with the audience. Being understood was an essential concern for him, committed to the "historical topos of the linguistic nature of music" (Tumat/Zywietz 2019). His literary work, largely serving to explain his music, also bears eloquent witness to the fact.

As part of the DFG project "Henze Digital - Hans Werner Henze's Artistic Network", the international and interdisciplinary symposium "Music, Networks, Self-Testimonies: Current Research on Hans Werner Henze" with researchers and companions took place.

The Foundation supported the publication of the correspondence between Karl Amadeus and Elisabeth Hartmann with Hans Werner Henze. It was published by the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society under the direction of Andreas Hérm Baumgartner and Wolfgang Rathert.

Timia Edizioni in Rome has published Anton Giulio Onofri's book of magnificent photographs of Villa La Leprara.

Commissioned by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Abrahamsen orchestrated the last two movements of Hans Werner Henze's Sonatina 1947.