The moving ceremony took place in the morning of October 4, 2013, assisted by members of the University, numerous friends and colleagues of the Maestro in the Aula de’ Battilani of the University of Florence, accompanied by some filmed interviews and guitarist Duccio Bianchi, who performed Henze’s Drei Tentos.

Fausto Moroni (1944 - 2007) was Hans Werner Henze's partner for over forty years. In conversation with Clemens Wolken, he talks for the first and only time about his life at the composer's side. (in German. for Italian please change the language to Italian)

Martina Gedeck
Jürgen Flimm
Volker Schlöndorff
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Orchestra of Deutsche Oper