The 13th Festival in Nuremberg focussed on the great composer Hans Werner Henze. His music has been contrasted with that of Beethoven, Britten and Mahler, thus presenting also his idols, aesthetic standards and expressive skills.

The Wiesbaden State Theatre is turning the new production of "Elegy for Young Lovers" into an opportunity for a Henze focus during the festival.

The Munich Biennale - International Festival for New Music Theater honors its founder Hans Werner Henze with two important concerts.

On April 9, The concert audience of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan witnessed a terrific world premiere: Sir Antonio Pappano conducted the latest piece of Riccardo Panfili, first fellow of the Hans Werner Henze-Foundation. It is called “L'Aurora, probabilmente” (“The dawn, probably”).

On his research for the roots of the “Three Tentos” of the “Kammermusik 1958”, guitarist and composer Andres Grün made a sensational discovery.

We are deeply moved to hear the news of Gerd Albrecht's demise. The conductor, enjoying early fame (at 28 he became Germany's youngest GMD in Lübeck), had been a constant in Hans Werner Henze's musical life since the late 1960s.