News and updates from the university
Concert of the prizewinners
The winners of this year's Elise Meyer Competition have been announced! With 10,000 euros each for the first prize, 3,000 euros for the second prize and 1,500…
Soyoung Park receives Berenberg Culture Prize 2026
Major awards for four young artists at the Elbphilharmonie on June 2: the Berenberg Culture Prize went to violinist Soyoung Park and the Berenberg Art Prize to…
Visit by the Senator at the start of the project
The Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) is receiving support for two transfer projects as part of Hamburg Innovation GmbH's "Calls for Transfer"…
Audience Award for Niyousha Azari
We warmly congratulate Niyousha Azari on winning the Körber Studio 2026 Audience Award! The festival is considered the most important platform for up-and-coming…
Premiere of The Magic Flute a complete success!
The director of the Theaterakademie, Sabina Dhein, said at the premiere party that you have to see this Magic Flute at least twice and enthusiastically praised…
Successes for chamber music ensembles
At this year's Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in May 2026, one of the most important chamber music competitions in the world, two ensembles with…
What is a human being?
Oratorios by Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn)
St. Aegidien, Lübeck, 15:00 Uhr
The Paganini of the double bass
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)
St. Johannis Eppendorf, 18:00 Uhr
Piano master class with Prof. Carlo Palese
as part of the 8th Chopin Festival Hamburg
Mendelssohn-Saal, 10:00 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.