News and updates from the university
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Pre-Christmas violin presentation
At the invitation of Prof. Christoph Schickedanz, Spanish violin professor Juan Salvador Raya will teach students in the HfMT violin classes as a guest…
KlangwerkStadt @ ligeti center
Synthesizer workshop for children aged 6 and over
ligeti zentrum, 16:00 Uhr
Violin concerto
the Hamburg Violin Ensemble with students from the class of Prof. Christoph Schickedanz
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 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.