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Graphic of a person throwing the letter X into a black dustbin Fri, 01/10/2025
Universities and research institutions leave Platform X (formerly Twitter)

January 10, 2025: Together with more than 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions, the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) wants to…

Artilacs lettering Tue, 12/17/2024
State research funding approves research training group

Following the positive funding decision by the Ministry of Science, Research, Equality and Districts of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the graduate college…

Wed, 11/27/2024
Competition success for HfMT violinist

Mio Sasaki, violin student in Prof. Christoph Schickedanz's class, won second prize (the first prize was not awarded) and the "Inner Wheel" special prize at…

HfMT piano student in the class of Aleksandr Madzar Tue, 11/19/2024
Competition success for HfMT pianists

Juan Elvira-Márquez, concert exam student from Prof. Aleksandr Madzar's piano class, won second prize at the Aachen Piano Competition. He impressed the jury…

Trumpet Consort Matthias Höfs Wed, 11/13/2024
Trumpet Consort Matthias Höfs releases ensemble CD

In order to focus entirely on his work with the Trumpet Consort and the creation of a joint CD, Prof. Matthias Höfs took a semester off from his active teaching…

Conducting alumnus Simon Edelmann Tue, 11/12/2024
HfMT alumnus wins Korean conducting competition

Simon Edelmann, HfMT alumnus from Ulrich Windfuhr's conducting class, has won first prize at Korea's only international conducting competition.The Korean…

Jazz Alumnus Thu, 11/07/2024
HfMT alumnus becomes rector of the Dresden University of Music

Lars Seniuk, jazz alumnus of the HfMT Hamburg, is to become the new rector of the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden. The 35-year-old musician,…

Pianist (concert exam) in the piano class of Prof. Stepan Simonian Mon, 11/04/2024
Rain of prizes for HfMT pianists

Chia-Yang Hsu from Stepan Simonian's HfMT piano class won the second prize of 8,000 euros at the 11th International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition in…