News and updates from the university
Mozart's "Magic Flute"
Grand Summer Opera 2026 celebrates double premiere: "The Magic Flute" by Mozart - on May 24 & 26 at the Forum of the HfMT Hamburg; performances until June 23
In…
Organ tour to Cagliari
Professor Martin Gregorius' organ class enjoyed a musically inspired trip to the Italian Mediterranean island of Sardinia. A course entitled "COM`IN"…
A clear stance against abuse of power!
On Tuesday, 19.5.2026, ARD broadcast the report "Macht_Spiel" on the subject of abuse of power at conservatoires in the series "report mainz". In its statement,…
Call for Participation launched - submission deadline: June 10, 2026
The HfMT Hamburg will host the international annual congress of the AEC from November 5-8, 2026. Under the motto "From Institution to Interaction", teachers,…
Jan Philipp Sprick re-elected as a member of the RKM Board of Directors
From May 6 to 8, the heads of the 24 German universities of music met at the Dresden University of Music for their summer conference. At the upcoming board…
Success in Ireland
The Chamber Choir of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) won third prize at this year's Cork International Choral Festival. With 46 students and…
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 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.