André Werner studied composition at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Frank Michael Beyer and lives in this city where he has devoted himself exclusively to composing since 1982.

He received various awards, including the composition prize of the city of Stuttgart, the Förderpreis of the city of Berlin. He was a resident at the Villa Massimo in Rome, as well as residence in Paris at the Cité des Arts.

A portrait CD has just been published by Wergo.

In addition to his work in chamber music for band or orchestra, he devoted himself to the opera, and created a children's opera La Fata Turchina (1997), an opera based on William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (1994-1999) and an opera commissioned by the Munich Biennale by Christopher Marlowe The Jew of Malta (2001).

Among his recent works including Schattengitter, for orchestra (2008), Augen-Blick (2009) for viola and chamber ensemble.

http://www.andrewerner.eu/