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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

Word mark Art.Power.Humanity Thu, 04/23/2026
Study on abuse of power at German music academies

From May 2026, the HfMT Hamburg will be participating in a nationwide, independent, cross-university study on the manifestations and prevention of abuse of…

Portrait of a man Wed, 04/22/2026
We mourn the loss of Marc Aisenbrey

Our colleague Professor Marc Aisenbrey passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. We are stunned and deeply shocked.

Marc Aisenbrey was an approachable and…

Portrait photo of the Mandelring Quartet Mon, 04/20/2026
Brahms Prize for HfMT violin professor

The prestigious Brahms Prize will be awarded to the Mandelring Quartet in 2026. The quartet was founded in 1983 by HfMT violin professor Sebastian Schmidt with…

Portrait of the violin student and HfMT alumnus Mon, 04/13/2026
HfMT alumnus becomes concertmaster

Sheng-Fang Chiu, who completed a Bachelor's degree in Tanja Becker-Bender's violin class from 2019 to 2025, has been appointed 1st concertmaster of the…

Logo Thu, 04/09/2026
New paths into music - promoting talent and creating opportunities

The Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) is establishing a center for the promotion of young talent and bundling offers for the early promotion of…

Four students sit in a circle on chairs and talk Mon, 03/30/2026
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…


colorful abstract picture with a guitar and a mandolin Sat, 04/25 Exhibition
VR Pop-Up Gallery: Moving Sound Pictures

Pop Up Raum Grindel, 11:00 Uhr

Logo of the Feminale with picture of the composer Sat, 04/25 Festival
Feminine

Luise's treasure chest

Orchesterstudio, 11:00 Uhr

Logo of the Feminale with picture of participants of the song class Sat, 04/25 Festival
Feminine

Female composers!

Fanny Hensel-Saal, 14:00 Uhr

Feminale logo with picture of people in a circle of chairs Sat, 04/25 Festival
Feminine

Unlearn the canon: How do we design concert programs of the future?

Orchesterstudio, 16:30 Uhr

Child with a trumpet stands in a miniature landscape; view from above Sat, 04/25 Musical theatre
Stockhausen for children: Michael's journey

Karlheinz Stockhausen

OPERA STABILE der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, 16:30 Uhr

View of the bright church interior with rows of seats and organ in the gallery Sat, 04/25 Concert
Organ recital

Concert exam by Narae Ahn

St. Johannis Eppendorf, 18:00 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.