Hans Werner Henze
German composer (1926-2012) · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Died at 86
Hans Werner Henze was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Neoclassicism, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition.
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2012Died27 October 20122010Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of MusicAward2000Praemium ImperialeAwardRoyal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)Award1998Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAward1997Hans von Bülow MedalAward1995Musikpreis der Stadt DuisburgAward1990Ernst von Siemens Music PrizeAward1983Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgAward1958Berliner KunstpreisAward1926Born1 July 1926
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In particular, his stage works reflect "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life".
Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
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Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2012 · aged 86
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Hanna SchwarzAlso in L'Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe (2003)
György LigetiBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)
Alfred BrendelBoth received Hans von Bülow Medal
Witold LutosławskiBoth received Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
Laura AikinAlso in L'Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe (2003)