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Mon, 06/16/2025
HfMT and TONALi launch pilot project

The Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) and the Hamburg cultural and educational project TONALi are launching a pilot phase for a new type of…

Elise Meyer Prizewinners' Concert June 20, 2025 Mon, 06/23/2025
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…

Sergei tanin Wed, 05/28/2025
Finale for HfMT pianists

Sergey Tanin, concert exam student in Anna Vinnitskaya's class, has made it to the final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels! There he played "Music…

Portrait photo of a woman and a man in front of a scenic background Wed, 05/28/2025
Inaugural visit by Senator Maryam Blumenthal to the HfMT

The new Hamburg Senator for Science, Research and Equal Opportunities, Maryam Blumenthal, made her first visit to the Hamburg University of Music and Drama…

Wed, 05/14/2025
"Postpone GEMA reform"

GEMA wants to reform the distribution model for its royalty income. What sounds like an unspectacular development actually has serious consequences for music…

Tilman Oberbeck, Managing Director JazzHall Wed, 04/16/2025
"A solid, creative force"

Tilman Oberbeck, artistic director of JazzHall Hamburg, is the winner of the prestigious Hamburg Jazz Award 2025! The prize, which is awarded every two years by…


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zwoelf - the university magazine

The university celebrates its 75th birthday. The zwoelf looks back on the founding phase and looks ahead: What are the visions and challenges of the HfMT?

Hamburg is a Hanseatic city. Its DNA is port and trade. Science and culture, on the other hand, were for centuries far less important in shaping the city's identity than in the classic intellectual metropolises. It was not until 1919 that the university opened its doors, followed by the HfMT in 1950. The path to its foundation was a thorny one - we trace it in the "75 years of the HfMT" section. The two honorary presidents Hermann Rauhe and Elmar Lampson discuss the innovations during their terms of office with the current president Jan-Philipp Sprick - and the resistance to too much change. Alumni and current students talk about the strengths of their university and their wishes for changing and expanding job profiles.

A cornucopia of events invites you to discover the creative forces of the university in the summer semester 2025 - whether at the Sound Night on May 1, the Great Summer Opera from June 1 or the Summer Festival on June 21.

We hope you enjoy reading zwoelf No. 36, which is now available to take away free of charge.

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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