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Woman with halo in colorful clerical garb
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (Director: Lennart Nielsen, September 2024, Forum)
Picture: Richard Stöhr
Trombonist and saxophonist with instrument lying on the floor photographed from above
William Pethick and Nicolas Oberländer, jazz students at the HfMT
Picture: Christina Körte
View of the bass section of the orchestra with cello and basses
The Symphony Orchestra of the HfMT
Picture: Christina Körte
Stage scene with man and woman in intimate expression
Divide me into little stars (Director: Juno Peter, July 2024, Thalia Gaußsstraße)
Picture: Richard Stöhr
Electric bassist with his instrument
Popkurs Hamburg 2024
Picture: Christina Körte
Sommerfest:Kommt vorbei!

News and updates from the university

Sergei tanin Wed, 05/28/2025
Finale for HfMT pianists

Sergey Tanin, concert exam student in Anna Vinnitskaya's class, has made it to the final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels! There he will play…

Portrait photo of a woman and a man in front of a scenic background Wed, 05/28/2025
Inaugural visit by Senator Maryam Blumenthal to the HfMT

The new Hamburg Senator for Science, Research and Equal Opportunities, Maryam Blumenthal, made her first visit to the Hamburg University of Music and Drama…

Wed, 05/14/2025
"Postpone GEMA reform"

GEMA wants to reform the distribution model for its royalty income. What sounds like an unspectacular development actually has serious consequences for music…

KLucas Linholm em Bass Jazz Sun, 05/11/2025
The HfMT mourns the loss of Prof. em. Lucas Lindholm

The European jazz scene has lost one of its most influential bassists in Lucas Lindholm. He was a permanent fixture for decades: as a member of the NDR Big…

Tilman Oberbeck, Managing Director JazzHall Wed, 04/16/2025
"A solid, creative force"

Tilman Oberbeck, artistic director of JazzHall Hamburg, is the winner of the prestigious Hamburg Jazz Award 2025! The prize, which is awarded every two years by…

Screenshot from ARTE documentary Tue, 04/08/2025
Success for HfMT conducting student

Doğa Çetin, a student in Ulrich Windfuhr's conducting class, has made it to the second round of the innovative "CAMPUS DIRIGIEREN" competition. Born in Turkey,…


Tue, 06/10 Workshop
KlangwerkStadt @ ligeti center

György Ligeti's Continuum meets synthesizer

ligeti zentrum, 18:00 Uhr

Graphic with "Current Practices" lettering Tue, 06/10 Lecture
Current Practices of Classical Music

Research, Issues, and Ideas for Futures

Fanny Hensel-Saal, 18:15 Uhr

Graphic Tue, 06/10 Opera
THE GREAT SUMMER OPERA 2025

LES DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES

Forum, 19:00 Uhr

Tue, 06/10 Concert
Percussion evening

Master's examination by Paul Pothoff

Rudolf Steiner Haus, 19:30 Uhr

Group photo Tue, 06/10 Concert
School music big band

Bold arrangements that invite you to dance and party

JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr

Wed, 06/11 Concert
Organ recital

Master's examination by Katja Vorreyer

Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirchengemeinde Stellingen, 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.