Hans Werner Henze

As part of Ruhr.2010 European Capital of Culture and the “Henze Project - New Music for a Metropolis” contained therein, musicologists Elisabeth Schmierer and Norbert Abels held a symposium at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen from November 5 to 6, 2010.

11/05/2010

As part of the Ruhrtriennale 2010, Hans Werner Henze's opera "Gisela" was premiered in a spectacular production in the Zeche Zweckel machine hall in Gladbeck.

10/12/2010

On 12 December 2007, German President Horst Köhler awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany to Hans Werner Henze.

12/12/2007

Eberhard von Lewinski in conversation with Hans Werner Henze

08/03/2007

When people talk about ‘Castel Gandolfo’, many say ‘Pope’: this is where the popes go on holiday; the Vatican has a summer residence in the small town south-east of Rome. The buildings rise up right next to the intensely green Lake Albano. We made our way to the area to pay a visit to the protagonist of the concert hall's composer festival.

09/01/2006

In February 2005, the Spanish National Orchestra and National Choir (OCNE) dedicated their annual festival "Carta Blanca" to Hans Werner Henze.

02/18/2005

From 19 to 28 October 2001, nine important music promoters in Nuremberg organised a collective festival to celebrate the 75th birthday of Hans Werner Henze.

10/25/2001

On 26 October 2000, the annual award ceremony for the Praemium Imperiale, the Nobel Prize for the Arts, took place in Tokyo.

10/26/2000

arte Metropolis, 13.07.1996: Presentation of the autobiography "Reiselieder mit böhmischen Quinten" in Frankfurt, Hotel Hessischer Hof 1996