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Five people dressed in white are looking into a yellow plastic stroller
Theater Education Program, 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

Portrait of Harpist Dariaa Ahapova Mon, 07/13/2026
Congratulations on your scholarship!

Harpist Dariia Ahapova, a master’s student at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama, has been awarded the 2026 Erna Mögenburg Scholarship. The scholarship,…

Portrait of Martin Schumann Mon, 07/13/2026
Mourning the Loss of Martin Schumann

It is with great sadness that we must announce that our esteemed colleague and educator Martin Schumann passed away on July 3, 2026, at the age of 75.

Martin…

Portrait photo of Anne Hameister Mon, 07/13/2026
Professorship for an HfMT Instructor

HfMT lecturer Anne Hameister will assume a professorship in music theory (50%) at the HfMT Cologne’s Wuppertal campus beginning in the 2026/27 winter semester.…

A man is presented with a bouquet of flowers on stage Wed, 07/08/2026
Final University Orchestra Concert for Prof. Ulrich Windfuhr

On Sunday, July 5, 2026, Prof. Ulrich Windfuhr conducted his final concert with the University Orchestra of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama,…

Mon, 07/06/2026
Successes for HfMT Composition Classes

Kyungjin Lim and Nina Deuse, students in Prof. Gordon Kampe’s composition class at the HfMT, are among the winners of the “ad libitum” composition competition…

Stage set featuring Science Slam performers Thu, 06/18/2026
Harburg in the Spotlight of Computer Music

With 400 attendees, interactive performances, and an international science slam, Off-ICMC brought the latest research on computer-assisted music from the…


Artist Portrait Mon, 07/13 Concert
Violin Recital

Oleh Kytskai's Bachelor's Thesis

Fanny Hensel-Saal, 18:00 Uhr

the male choir stands facing the camera and points to it Mon, 07/13 Concert
Between life and death

Concert of the male choir

Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:30 Uhr

Artist Portrait Mon, 07/13 Concert
Trichrome feat. Caspar Rutsch (BA Graduation Concert)

JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr

Portrait Mon, 07/13 Concert
Viola evening

Master's examination by Shuwen Jiang

Fanny Hensel-Saal, 20:00 Uhr

Mon, 07/13 Concert
Flute evening

Master's examination by Geoun Kim

Rudolf Steiner Haus, 20:00 Uhr

Hands on a harpsichord keyboard Tue, 07/14 Concert
Harpsichord evening

Master's examination by Rebecca Lee

Mendelssohn-Saal, 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.