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Jan Philipp Sprick re-elected as a member of the RKM Board of Directors
From May 6 to 8, the heads of the 24 German universities of music met at the Dresden University of Music for their summer conference. At the upcoming board…
Success in Ireland
The Chamber Choir of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) won third prize at this year's Cork International Choral Festival. With 46 students and…
Computer music on the big stage
From 10 to 16 May 2026, Hamburg-Harburg will become the international center for computer-based music: around 300 scientists, musicians and developers from all…
Thörl scholarship holders are selected
This year, the Thörl Foundation is awarding five scholarships to particularly talented and needy music students at the HfMT Hamburg. The Thörl Scholarship 2026…
Mahler competition at a high level
The Gustav Mahler Competition for Lied Duos took place for the seventh time on May 3, 2026 in the Forum of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama and…
HfMT becomes a member of the external trust center Themis
The University of Music and Drama (HfMT) is now a member of the external trust center Themis. The HfMT is thus expanding its support and counseling services for…
zwoelf - the university magazine
"che contrasto d'affetti"- Ambivalence and ambiguity as the focus of the freshly printed zwoelf-issue no. 38 of the summer semester 2026
Vacillating between love and hate towards the dazzling monster called Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira sings a recitative bursting with inner tension before her aria "Mi tradì" in Mozart's "opera of all operas". It says: "che contrasto d'affetti in sen ti nasce!" A stark clash of emotions rages within her. This psychological ambiguity raging in a single human breast can also be rediscovered in larger contexts, not least in the study of Music and Drama. Time and again, the most relevant things only emerge from friction. In view of our complex present, it is therefore no coincidence that this issue of zwoelf, our No. 38, is dedicated to a pair of terms that describe tensions and ambiguities with particular precision: Ambivalence and ambiguity. Both phenomena play a central role in the arts. They demonstrate a particular strength of artistic forms of expression: the ability to enable experiences that cannot be reduced to a single perspective.
This issue of the university magazine zwoelf focuses on the potential of ambiguity in its thematic section. We wish you an inspiring read of zwoelf no. 38, which is available free of charge in the foyers of the HfMT.
The e-paper of zwoelf is ready for you to discover!
The printed edition will be sent by post with immediate effect. If you would like to receive zwoelf regularly by post free of charge, please send us an e-mail with your address to redaktion.zwoelf@hfmt-hamburg.de