André Werner (born 4 June 1960 in Bremerhaven) is a German composer of classical music. Werner studied classical guitar and oboe at the Musikhochschule

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

from 1980 to 1986, composition from 1986 to 1992 at the

Hochschule der Künste Berlin The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

with Frank Michael Beyer. He was a Stipendiat of the Villa Massimo in 1995/96,List of award winners
, Villa Massimo. and won an Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize in 2001.List of past winners
of the Composers' Prize of the

Ernst von Siemens Foundation The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (short: Siemens Music Prize, german: link=no, Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis) is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the Ernst vo ...

. Retrieved 2 April 2011. His opera ''Marlowe: Der Jude von Malta'' on his own libretto after the play ''

The Jew of Malta ''The Jew of Malta'' (full title: ''The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta'') is a play by Christopher Marlowe, written in 1589 or 1590. The plot primarily revolves around a Maltese Jewish merchant named Barabas. The original story comb ...

'' by

Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the ...

was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 2002.Archive notes to 8th biennale, 2002
Munich Biennale.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Werner, Andre German opera composers Male opera composers 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers 1960 births People from Bremerhaven Living people Berlin University of the Arts alumni German male classical composers 20th-century German composers Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize winners 21st-century German composers 20th-century German male musicians 21st-century German male musicians