Münchener Biennale
8 - 20 May 2026
“Seldom does one encounter music theatre and performance of such fearless experimentation and political urgency as at Munich’s festival.”
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Founded in 1988 by composer Hans Werner Henze, the Munich Biennale was conceived as a laboratory for new music theatre. The festival, dedicated to world premieres, has earned a global reputation as a platform for discovery. Among the best-known composers who wrote their first stage works for the Biennale are Olga Neuwirth, Unsuk Chin and Jörg Widmann.
Today, a new artistic duo has taken the helm: musicologist and cultural manager Katrin Beck, together with composer Manuela Kerer. True to the spirit of the festival’s founder, their vision embraces adventurous new experiences of listening and seeing, openness and dialogue, participation, engagement with local communities and an international network of exchange.
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Founded in 1988 by composer Hans Werner Henze, the Munich Biennale was conceived as a laboratory for new music theatre. The festival, dedicated to world premieres, has earned a global reputation as a platform for discovery. Among the best-known composers who wrote their first stage works for the Biennale are Olga Neuwirth, Unsuk Chin and Jörg Widmann.
Today, a new artistic duo has taken the helm: musicologist and cultural manager Katrin Beck, together with composer Manuela Kerer. True to the spirit of the festival’s founder, their vision embraces adventurous new experiences of listening and seeing, openness and dialogue, participation, engagement with local communities and an international network of exchange.
read more
Founded in 1988 by composer Hans Werner Henze, the Munich Biennale was conceived as a laboratory for new music theatre. The festival, dedicated to world premieres, has earned a global reputation as a platform for discovery. Among the best-known composers who wrote their first stage works for the Biennale are Olga Neuwirth, Unsuk Chin and Jörg Widmann.
Today, a new artistic duo has taken the helm: musicologist and cultural manager Katrin Beck, together with composer Manuela Kerer. True to the spirit of the festival’s founder, their vision embraces adventurous new experiences of listening and seeing, openness and dialogue, participation, engagement with local communities and an international network of exchange.
read more
Founded in 1988 by composer Hans Werner Henze, the Munich Biennale was conceived as a laboratory for new music theatre. The festival, dedicated to world premieres, has earned a global reputation as a platform for discovery. Among the best-known composers who wrote their first stage works for the Biennale are Olga Neuwirth, Unsuk Chin and Jörg Widmann.
Today, a new artistic duo has taken the helm: musicologist and cultural manager Katrin Beck, together with composer Manuela Kerer. True to the spirit of the festival’s founder, their vision embraces adventurous new experiences of listening and seeing, openness and dialogue, participation, engagement with local communities and an international network of exchange.
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