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Successful Cello Class
In the 2025–26 academic year, Prof. Sebastian Klinger’s cello class has already achieved numerous notable successes and career milestones.
Here is a brief…
Congratulations on your scholarship!
Harpist Dariia Ahapova, a master’s student at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama, has been awarded the 2026 Erna Mögenburg Scholarship. The scholarship,…
Professorship for an HfMT Instructor
HfMT lecturer Anne Hameister will assume a professorship in music theory (50%) at the HfMT Cologne’s Wuppertal campus beginning in the 2026/27 winter semester.…
Final University Orchestra Concert for Prof. Ulrich Windfuhr
On Sunday, July 5, 2026, Prof. Ulrich Windfuhr conducted his final concert with the University Orchestra of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama,…
Successes for HfMT Composition Classes
Kyungjin Lim and Nina Deuse, students in Prof. Gordon Kampe’s composition class at the HfMT, are among the winners of the “ad libitum” composition competition…
Harburg in the Spotlight of Computer Music
With 400 attendees, interactive performances, and an international science slam, Off-ICMC brought the latest research on computer-assisted music from the…
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