News and updates from the university
Successful "Calls for Transfer" applications
Two of the 16 approved applications in this year's "Calls for Transfer" funding program were for HfMT projects - out of a total of 119 submissions! The project…
Cultural Leadership: Application phase started
The Cultural Leadership Scholarship Program 2026/27 goes into a second round in Hamburg!
The Cultural Leadership Scholarship Program will go into a second round…
Success for cultural leadership
15 scholarship holders from Hamburg cultural organizations have successfully completed the first Cultural Leadership Scholarship Programme in Hamburg. At the…
Moving Sound Pictures: Project from the ligeti center gets its own exhibition space
From March 28 to May 2, 2026, Grindelallee 129 in Hamburg will become a place for immersive art: Moving Sound Pictures: The VR Pop-Up Gallery, an independent…
Successes for HfMT composers
Mara Hebel, a student from Prof. Gordon Kampe's composition class and CoPeCo student, was selected for the SWR Symphony Orchestra's master class in orchestral…
HfMT Hamburg receives award and distinction in the Female Professors Program 2030
The HfMT Hamburg was included in the Female Professors Program 2030 of the federal-state initiative for equality and diversity in science and was also awarded…
Experience Hamburg's young musical talent live - Jugend musiziert 2026 prizewinners' concert
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.