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In Memory of Prof. Dr. Dieter Glawischnig
The Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) mourns the loss of Prof. Dr. Dieter Glawischnig. The pianist, composer, and conductor passed away at the age of…
The Future of Musical Theater
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Professorship in Vienna
Alexander Riedmüller-Rezzani, formerly a research assistant and doctoral candidate under Prof. Dr. Almuth Süberkrüb at the HfMT, was appointed to the Chair of…
Hamburg's future needs strong universities
The Hamburg State Higher Education Conference (LHK) has issued a recent press release on the future of Hamburg as a center of science:
“Hamburg’s public…
“Culture Leads!” Event Series on Cultural Leadership
Digitalization, demographic change, the climate crisis, and increasing pressure on democratic structures are currently posing profound challenges for cultural…
"A Musical City Tour"
Eva Wetzel, an HfMT alumna from Tanja Becker-Bender’s violin class, has released her debut album. The Hamburg-based musician teaches as an adjunct instructor at…
zwoelf - the university magazine
“From Institution to Interaction”– the twelfthIssue No. 39 of the 2026–27 winter semester has been published
While Wotan in *Die Walküre* – rails against marriage as an institutionalized lack of love – “I deem unholy the vow that unites those who do not love each other”— the poet Ingeborg Bachmann, whose 100th birthday the literary world is currently commemorating, calls marriage an “impossible institution” because it hinders female autonomy. As a general rule, institutions that remain stuck in rigid systems struggle to legitimize themselves strategically. Openness and permeability, participation and dialogue, sensitivity to social change processes, mediation, the art of building relationships, and the self-critical examination of one’s own assumptions and contexts are becoming increasingly important.
Therefore, we are taking the motto of the annual congress of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires —to be held in November 2026 at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama—as an opportunity to explore the theme “From Institution to Interaction” in this issue of zwoelf. In addition to articles on performative encounters, intersectional theater, and artistic research at the HfMT, we would particularly like to recommend the student feature, which explores the university as a space for reflection and addresses personal questions about one’s own career path: “Where do I want to go? What do I want to be?”
We hope you find this issue of zwoelf No. 39 inspiring; it is available free of charge in the lobbies of the HfMT.
The e-paper of zwoelf is ready for you to explore!
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