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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

A large crowd in front of the HfMT entrance Wed, 11/11/2026
Europe Visits the HfMT

Approximately 500 participants from the European conservatory community and beyond—including numerous conservatory administrators and more than 80…

Portrait of Organist Yewon Choi Wed, 10/21/2026
HfMT Organist Wins Prestigious Position

On Sunday, January 24, 2027, at 10 a.m., the solemn installation service for the new organist, Yewon Choi, will take place at St. Nikolai Church in Altenbruch.…

Portrait of Organist Mari Fukumoto Wed, 10/21/2026
Organ Professorship for HfMT Alumna

Mari Fukumoto, who studied organ and church music at the HfMT beginning in 2011, will assume a professorship in church music with a focus on the organ at the…

Group photo with nine people Mon, 10/19/2026
HfMT Strengthens University Partnerships in Vietnam and China

In Ho Chi Minh City, the president met for the first time with the new director of the local conservatory, Prof. Quoc Hung. The meeting provided an opportunity…

Wed, 10/14/2026
In Memory of Prof. Dr. Dieter Glawischnig

The Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) mourns the loss of Prof. Dr. Dieter Glawischnig. The pianist, composer, and conductor passed away at the age of…

Wed, 10/14/2026
The Future of Musical Theater

A wealth of musical theater under one roof! At the Theater Academy, students and professors from the composition, opera singing, directing, and dramaturgy…


Movie Poster Wed, 11/11 Presentation
Cinema Paradiso

IT 1988, Giuseppe Tornatore, 130 min.

Metropolis Kino Hamburg, 19:00 Uhr

Wed, 11/11 Concert
Workshop Concert #3

with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra

Forum, 19:30 Uhr

Sheet Music Wed, 11/11 Concert
George Frideric Handel's Musical Workshop

A Narrated Concert Marking the 200th Anniversary of Friedrich Chrysander's Birth

Lichthof der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 19:30 Uhr

Piano and drums, dark Wed, 11/11 Concert
Luna Spiegel Quartet & Noah Schulte Hemming Quintet

Bachelor's Recitals

JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr

Detail of a church organ Thu, 11/12 Concert
Homage to Louis Couperin

On the 400th anniversary of his birth

Orgelstudio, 18:00 Uhr

Logo of the Piano Festival Sat, 11/14 Workshop
Piano Days for Amateur Pianists

"I play the piano, too."

Mendelssohn-Saal, 09:00 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.