News and updates from the university
"Postpone GEMA reform"
GEMA wants to reform the distribution model for its royalty income. What sounds like an unspectacular development actually has serious consequences for music…
The HfMT mourns the loss of Prof. em. Lucas Lindholm
The European jazz scene has lost one of its most influential bassists in Lucas Lindholm. He was a permanent fixture for decades: as a member of the NDR Big…
"A solid, creative force"
Tilman Oberbeck, artistic director of JazzHall Hamburg, is the winner of the prestigious Hamburg Jazz Award 2025! The prize, which is awarded every two years by…
Success for HfMT conducting student
Doğa Çetin, a student in Ulrich Windfuhr's conducting class, has made it to the second round of the innovative "CAMPUS DIRIGIEREN" competition. Born in Turkey,…
Solidarity with student protests & offer of a safe space at the HfMT Hamburg
The Hamburg University of Music and Drama observes with concern anti-democratic developments such as the use of state power for autocratic positions of power…
Anniversary on the Alster
The Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Founded in the summer semester of 1950 from the private drama school of…
Organ recital
Concert exam by Nicola Procaccini
Hauptkirche St. Katharinen, 17:00 Uhr
Horn studio concert
New horn class by Prof. Adrian Díaz Martinez
Rudolf Steiner Haus, 19:00 Uhr
TUHH GOES MUSIC
Concert with students of the HfMT Hamburg
Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH), 19:00 Uhr
University of Music and Drama
With around 1400 students, the Hamburg University of Music and Drama is one of the largest artistic universities in Germany and offers artistic and academic training in all areas of music and theater.
Under the motto "Artistic excellence in social responsibility", the university is in a permanent process of creative reinvention and courageous further development. It is the aim of the university to critically and productively relate both aspects to each other in all its fields of work. Reflection on artistic processes is an indispensable prerequisite for this reciprocal relationship between art and society, between excellence and responsibility.