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April 1, 2010Patti Smith remains faithful to the Hermann Hesse Museum: in March she was guest at the Museum with an exhibition of her photos and on April 1 she performed on the stage of the Sala Boccadoro together with Lenny Kaye (guitar) and Tony Shanahan (piano, guitar). She gave an unforgettable evening to an enthusiastic audience. She read texts by Hermann Hesse and extracts from her latest book Just Kids and sang her most beautiful songs, among which Because the night and People have the power.
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March 18, 2010 The president of theMapplethorpe Foundation New York, Michael Ward Stout, on a visit at Museo Hermann Hesse Montagnola.
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September 3-4, 2009 Udo Lindenberg visiting the Museum Hermann Hesse.
Foto: Tine Acke.
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April 4, 2009 H.E. Dr. Axel Berg, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Switzerland
Photo: Roberto Mucchiut.
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October 17, 2008 Mons. Pier Giacomo Grampa, bishop of Lugano, is welcomed at the Museum Hermann Hesse during his official visit to Montagnola.
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October 4, 2008 Eveline Hasler, Swiss writer who now lives in Tessin. Her novels have received numerous awards and been translated into many languages. She was friend of Heiner Hesse, the second son of Hermann Hesse.
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September 16, 2008 Silvestras Gaizunas, director of the Baltoskandija Academy of Panevezys, Lituania, and his collegue Antanas Skindzera. |
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September 14, 2008 Klaus Klinkel, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, and his wife on a visit at the Museum Hermann Hesse. |
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April 28, 2008 Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor and founder of the humanitarian agency Menschen für Menschen visited the Hermann Hesse Museum on April 28.
Karlheinz Böhm is best known for his role as young Emperor Franz Josef in the trilogy films "Sissi" in which he co-starred with Romy Schneider. Throughout his career he played in more than 45 movies.
On this occasion some shootings for a film by Giusi Boni for the Swiss Italian television TSI were taken. Karlheinz Böhm personaly knew Hermann Hesse and has been admiring him since then. |
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April 20, 2008 Dr. Adrian Hsia, author of Hermann Hesse und China.Darstellung, Materialen und Interpretation.
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November 8, 2007
H.E. Mr. Andreas Von Stechow, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Switzerland. He was accompained by the Major of Konstanz, Mr. Horst Frank, the Honorary Console of Germany, Mrs. Bianca Maria Brenni-Wicki, Mrs. Junko Ohtzu-von Stechow and Mrs. Ute Frank.
Photo: Roberto Mucchiut.
From left to right: H.E. Andreas Von Stechow, Flavio Meroni (municipal councillor of Collina d'Oro) and Regina Bucher (director of the Museum Hermann Hesse). |
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July 18, 2007 Manfred Dunst, mayor of Calw.
On July 18 and 19 a delegation from Calw, Hermann Hesse's birthplace, visited Collina d'Oro, in order to prepare the twinning between the two municipalities. Besides the workshops, the delegation also visited the Museum and took a boat trip around Lake Lugano. |
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5-6 August 2007
On August 5 and 6 the German rock-star Udo Linderbeng visited with great interest the Museum. On Sunday he took part of the Reading at the Cemetery of S. Abbondio and afterwards he was shown the Museum and Hesse's apartment in the Casa Camuzzi. On Monday he took the walking-tour „Following the trails of Hermann Hesse" in the Collina d'Oro and in Carona. Among his companions, there were Jürgen Teufel and Jürgen Sautter of Sparkasse Pforzheim/Calw. |
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Spring 2006
Silvio Tarchini
Entrepreneur
In his visit at the Museum he gives the directress a gift for the Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola.
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October 22, 2005
Dimitri
Clown
Visiting the Museum Hermann Hesse on the occasion of the event «Aperitif with the writer».
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September 16, 2005
Fritz Widmer-Hesse and Christine Widmer-Hesse
Granddaughter of Hermann Hesse and daughter of Bruno Hesse.
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September 2005
Prof. Dr. med. Hans Metelmann
Minister of culture from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Henry Tesch
Headmaster of the gymnasyum Carolinum in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Jost Reinhold
Member of the Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola and honorary citizen of the Comune di Collina d'Oro.
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Sabrina Romelli
Mayor of the Town Council of Collina d'Oro.
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August 6, 2005
Silver Hesse
Vice-chairman of the Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola. Grandchild of Herman Hesse and son of Heiner Hesse.
Ursula Michels
Reader and translator.
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Volker Michels
Editor and publisher by Suhrkamp Editions, Frankfurt am Main.
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March 25, 2005
Rainer Weiss
Director of Suhrkamp Editions,
Frankfurt am Main untill Summer 2006.
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Wolfgang Schopf
Director of the Archiv der Peter Suhrkamp Stiftung an der Johann Wlfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
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Harry Joelson-Strohbach
Director of the Sondersammlungen Winterthurer Bibliotheken.
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May 28, 2004
Bernhard Echte
Director of the Archive Robert Walser, Zurich.
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Sibylle Siegenthaler-Hesse
Granddaughter of Hermann Hesse and daughter of Martin Hesse.
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October 2003
Pascal Couchepin
President of Switzerland in 2003 and Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs.
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July 30, 2003
Patty Smith
Singer
On July 30, 2003 she gave a concert in Hermann Hesse's honour in the courtyard of the primary school of Collina d'oro.
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Oliver Ray
Guitarist
On the stage in Montagnola with Patty Smith on July 30, 2003.
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October 2002
Simon Hesse
Hermann Hesse's grandchild and son of Bruno Hesse.
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July 2, 2002
David Hesse
Hermann Hesse's grandchild and son of Heiner Hesse.
Lea Hesse
Great grandchild of Hermann Hesse and David Hesse's daughter.
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Eva Hesse
Granddaughter of Hermann Hesse and Heiner Hesse's daughter.
Silver Hesse
Vice-chairman of the Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola. Grandchild of Herman Hesse and son of Heiner Hesse.
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May 23, 2002
Regina Bucher and the writer Adolf Muschg on the terrace of Hermann Hesse's apartment in Casa Camuzzi.
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Silver Hesse
Christine Widmer-Hesse
Sibylle Siegenthaler-Hesse
Simon Hesse
in the apartment of Hermann Hesse in Casa Camuzzi.
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March 8, 2002
Silver Hesse
Ulrich Hesse
Son of Hans Hesse (Hermann Hesse's brother).
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March 10, 2001
Urs Kienberger
Director of Waldhaus in Sils-Maria, and his wife with Regina Bucher.
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Autumn 2000
Heiner Hesse (1909–2003)
Hermann Hesse's son.
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Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch (1918–2003)
Wife of Heiner Hesse.
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May 19, 2000
Johannes Rau (1931–2006)
During a formal visit to Switerland, the President of Germany visited our museum.
Regina Bucher
Giuseppe Buffi (1938–2000)
President of the Cantone Ticino in 2000.
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Heiner Hesse (1909–2003)
Hermann Hesse's son.
Adolf Ogi
President of Switzerland in 2000.
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Prof. Peter Nobel
Chairman of the Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola welcomes Johannes Rau, Adolf Ogi and Giuseppe Buffi.
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Spring 2000
Regina Bucher with Klaus Bald, Ambassador of Germany in Switerland.
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June 13, 1999
Karl Kloter (1911–2002)
Writer
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