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5 people dressed in white looking into a yellow plastic baby carriage
Production Teacher Training Theater, 2025
Picture: Fabian Hammerl
made-up actor with green eyes and red cap in close-up
Till Gedack, 3rd year drama student
Picture: Christina Körte
Chiara Sax looks into the camera through the strings of her harp
Chiara Sax studies harp in the class of Prof. Xavier de Maistre
Man sits on a gray stone staircase with an electric guitar and plays
Lucas Etcheverria, Guitar & Composition
Picture: Christina Körte
6 people lie on their stomachs and look into a bright terrarium
"Property", final production play April 2025
Picture: Richard Stöhr
Trombonists in the orchestra
Trombone section in the symphony orchestra of the HfMT
Picture: Christina Körte

News and updates from the university

White HfMT logo on an ochre-colored background Thu, 01/29/2026
Funding by the Bucerius Foundation

Good news at the start of the year: the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius is supporting the HfMT in two ways this year:

The student music festival, which…

Woman and man stand in front of a pillar Mon, 01/12/2026
Change of leadership at the Institute for Cultural and Media Management

On January 1, 2026, Prof. Dr. Barbara Hans took over as Head of the Institute for Culture and Media Management (KMM) at the Hamburg University of Music and…

Portraits of four HfMT pianists who have been offered new positions as piano teachers. Mon, 01/05/2026
Confirmation for HfMT piano classes

At the beginning of the year, a positive look back at 2025: Last year, the students and graduates of the HfMT piano classes were awarded the following positions…

the number 75 consisting of many small individual photos Thu, 12/18/2025
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…

Portrait of a man and a woman Thu, 12/18/2025
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.…

Photo impression of the planned opera building Thu, 12/11/2025
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…


Fri, 01/30 Concert
Studio concert violin

Class of Prof. Tanja Becker-Bender

Orchesterstudio, 18:00 Uhr

Orange bell on the jetty in front of a calm lake Fri, 01/30 Speech
The art of listening

From irritation to inspiration

Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:30 Uhr

Fri, 01/30 Concert
CONCERTS BY YOUNG ARTISTS

String trio

Museumsdorf Volksdorf, 19:30 Uhr

View from the auditorium onto a stage where the artists perform Fri, 01/30 Concert
Hamburg Art Ensemble plays Deep Purple

presented by the Jazz Federation Hamburg e.V.

JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr

Group photo of the chamber choir Sat, 01/31 Concert
Choir concert at the end of the semester

Dreifaltigkeitskirche Hamm, 18:00 Uhr

AI-generated image of a fox with sunglasses and music paper
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Sat, 01/31 Concert
very, very beautiful music - studio concert composition

New works from the composition classes

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.