News and updates from the university
Professorship in Vienna
Alexander Riedmüller-Rezzani, formerly a research assistant and doctoral candidate under Prof. Dr. Almuth Süberkrüb at the HfMT, was appointed to the Chair of…
"A Musical City Tour"
Eva Wetzel, an HfMT alumna from Tanja Becker-Bender’s violin class, has released her debut album. The Hamburg-based musician teaches as an adjunct instructor at…
Hamburg's future needs strong universities
The Hamburg State Higher Education Conference (LHK) has issued a recent press release on the future of Hamburg as a center of science:
“Hamburg’s public…
HfMT Composer Selected for NDR Workshop
Haonan Guo, a concert exam student in Prof. Gordon Kampe’s composition class, was selected from among numerous applicants for the NDR Composers’…
“Culture Leads!” Event Series on Cultural Leadership
Digitalization, demographic change, the climate crisis, and increasing pressure on democratic structures are currently posing profound challenges for cultural…
Successful Organ Alumni
Two prestigious organ awards were recently presented to former organ students at the HfMT.
Narae Ahn won second prize in the Maria Hofer Competition Narae Ahn .…
Liedstadt, Hamburg
"Songstruck" – The Liedhaber Podcast
Mendelssohn-Saal, 17:00 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.