News and updates from the university
Congratulations!
Anouk Piwek (photo) received the solo prize for her performance in "Eigentum (let's face we are fucked)" at the Schauspielschultreffen 2025 in Salzburg. She…
Berenberg Culture Prize goes to the pianist Nuron Mukumi
The Berenberg Bank Foundation has been supporting young artists for 35 years. Well over one million euros went to 175 young artists. The German-Uzbek pianist…
JazzHall Summer Festival - The jazz summer feeling directly on the Alster
The JazzHall Summer Festival will take place for the second time from July 13 to 19 - a week in July full of music, encounters and inspiration. The festival…
First prize for HfMT organist
Rebecca Soojung Lee won first prize at the International Schnitger Organ Competition in Alkmaar. Rebecca is currently studying with Prof. Wolfgang Zerer and…
"Best Presentation Award" for Ligeti Center
Konstantina Orlandatou and Grégory Beller from the Ligeti Center have received the Best Presentation Award for their presentation "Ligeti Center Studio Report"…
Impressive musical skills
At this year's Elise Meyer Foundation prizewinners' concert, the winners of the first prizes in the Elise Meyer Competition, students from the University of…
Studio concert double bass
Class Prof. Michael Rieber
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 11:00 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.