News and updates from the university

Festive Senate reception in the town hall
Today is a particularly festive occasion: In honor of the 75th anniversary of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT), Senator for Science Maryam…

Competition successes for HfMT pianists
HồED3↩ Khánh Vân, a student from Prof. Hubert Rutkowski's piano class, was awarded 1st prize at the XXIV Zarębski International Music Competition in Warsaw.…

Innovation you can touch: ligeti center celebrates successful open day
The entire ligeti center opened its doors for the first time on November 22, 2025. Under the motto "Hands-on innovation", the interdisciplinary labs and…

D-bü Competition 2026
Inspiring performances, new encounters and intensive professional exchange at events and everywhere in between - the HfMT is looking forward to a competition…

HfMT scholarship holders of the special STIP program on artificial intelligence
Since 2024, the STIP special programs on artificial intelligence have been advertised (STIP-4 and STIP-5). The HfMT is delighted that a fifth of its doctoral…

Hamburg's opera house of the future - a project of the century under discussion
It is probably Hamburg's biggest cultural development project since the Elbphilharmonie concert hall - and is the subject of similarly intense debate: A new…

Studio concert violin
Class of Prof. Tanja Becker-Bender
Orchesterstudio, 18:00 Uhr

"Dilla Time" - Perspectives of a non-colonizable time
Lecture-Performance and Christmas-Dancefloor (Seminar "Cultural Studies Hip Hop")
Multifunktionsstudio, 18:00 Uhr

Victoria Stauber: "Klangvoller Abschluss" (Graduation School Music) / Alexander Demos: "Aquatic Dreams"
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr

The Future is Present
New works by students of the Multimedia Composition master's program and a doctoral student
Forum, 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.







