News and updates from the university
Two prizes for HfMT pianist
Michelle Candotti, concert exam student from Prof. Hubert Rutkowski's piano class, has won second prize and a special prize for the best recital in the third…
Successes for HfMT violinist
The HfMT violinist Jieun Son recently won first prize at the renowned Júlio Cardona International Music Competition in Covilhã, Portugal, as well as a special…
Chamber music "coup"
For University President Jan Philipp Sprick, it is a real "coup" that the HfMT has to announce: The internationally renowned violinist Abel Tomàs Realp has been…
New organ professorship
Great news at the start of the semester: organist and church musician Martin Gregorius has been appointed as the new Professor of Organ and Improvisation at the…
Call for Submissions published
Innovation, transfer and participation - these are the main topics of ICMC HAMBURG 2026, which will take place from 10 to 16 May 2026 in Hamburg-Harburg and is…
"Historical piano" at the HfMT
As part of the collaboration with the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, "Historisches Clavier" was established as a new subject for piano students. This subject…
Violin recital
Bachelor's examination in instrumental pedagogy by Nora Ventker
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
Lübeck University of Music as a guest
MHL Symphony Orchestra plays Eötvös, Zimmermann and Shostakovich
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
SuedKultur Music-Night @ ligeti zentrum
feat. Kultur Palast Harburg: Porte Rouge - sound & dance on the red carpet
ligeti zentrum, 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.