News and updates from the university
HfMT Success at the Hanseatic Chamber Music Competition
The first Hanseatic Chamber Music Competition, organized jointly for the first time by the conservatories of Hamburg, Lübeck, and Rostock in Rostock, was a…
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 .…
Successful Cello Class
In the 2025–26 academic year, Prof. Sebastian Klinger’s cello class has already achieved numerous notable successes and career milestones.
Here is a brief…
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,…
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.…
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,…
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 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.