Biography
Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition. In particular, his stage works reflect "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life".Henze was also known for his political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his leftist politics and homosexuality. Late in life he lived in the village of Marino in the central Italian region of Lazio, and in his final years still travelled extensively, in particular to Britain and Germany, as part of his work. An avowed Marxist and member of the Italian Communist Party, Henze produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. At the 1968 Hamburg premiere of his requiem for Che Guevara, titled Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of Medusa), the placing of a red flag on the stage sparked a riot and the arrest of several people, including the librettist. Henze spent a year from 1969 to 1970 teaching in Cuba.
Filmography
all 17
Movies 16
self 3
Writer 1
TV Shows 1
Henze: Ondine (The Royal Ballet) (2010)
L'Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe (2003)
Der Prinz von Homburg (1994)
Comrades (1987)
Ninguém Duas Vezes (1985)
Love Unto Death (1984)
Concierto barroco (1982)
Taugenichts (1978)
Abelard - Die Entmannung (1977)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
Henze: The Young Lord (Deutsche Oper Berlin) (1968)
Der Paukenspieler (1967)
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 (1967)
Young Törless (1966)
Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
Das Profil (1962)
Hans Werner Henze: Memoirs of an Outsider
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GenderMale
Birthday1926-07-01
Deathday2012-10-27 (86 years old)
Birth NameHans Werner Henze
Birth PlaceGütersloh, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known AsHans-Werner Henze, Henze
AwardsKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, Hans von Bülow Medal, Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg, Deutscher Tanzpreis, Berliner Kunstpreis, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Praemium Imperiale
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