News and updates from the university

Success for the HfMT Jazz Trio
The "Trio Peace," consisting of three HfMT jazz students—Lennart Meyer (bass/vocals), Jiuning Liu (vocals), and Lucas Etcheverria (guitar/vocals), won both the…

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…

Double bass evening
Bachelor examination of Ricardo de Sousa Silva
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:00 Uhr

Violoncello evening
Bachelor examination of Diego Gruetzmacher (instrumental pedagogy)
Mendelssohn-Saal, 20:00 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.









