Dr. Barbara Haas conducted an interview with Hans Werner Henze in his villa "La Leprara", Marino, at the end of March 2011. (SR 2, July 5, 2011)

On April 14, 2011, Hans Werner Henze received the GEMA Music Authors' Award (Deutscher Musikautorenpreis) in Berlin for his life's work. (In German)

When the Ruhr region was chosen as the European Capital of Culture, its artistic director Steven Sloane immediately saw Hans Werner Henze as a musical focus, a world star with roots in the region and an oeuvre that encompasses all musical genres as well as a wide range of opportunities for children, young people and amateurs, and who could thus connect the entire region.