Studio concert trombone
Classes Uwe Leonbacher and Prof. Stefan Geiger
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class Prof. Sebastian Klinger
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Lõ5t iñ Trån5l4tíøn
A musical stage show about humans, robots and the art of translation
ligeti zentrum, 19:30 Uhr
Ben Prechtl Quartet feat. Bennet Agah / Herzog-Ludwig-Quartett
Band Night
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Christmas studio concert singing
Class Prof. Geert Smits
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
La Voix de Carmen - the voice of Carmen
Music theater based on Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" supplemented with new compositions by Kyungjin Lim
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
La Voix de Carmen - the voice of Carmen
Music theater based on Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" supplemented with new compositions by Kyungjin Lim
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
Percussion evening
Concert exam by Yanting Hou, class of Prof. Cornelia Monske
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
La Voix de Carmen - the voice of Carmen
Music theater based on Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" supplemented with new compositions by Kyungjin Lim
Forum, 18:00 Uhr
Young classical music in the Kulturschoss Wandsbek
String quartet
Kulturschloss Wandsbek, 19:00 Uhr
Studio concert viola
Class Prof. Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Piano recital
Bachelor examination of Sebastian Gabriel Müller
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 20:00 Uhr
PAKT - Third year drama
Own work from the study module Playing styles
Kleine Bühne, 15:00 Uhr
ON THE TRAIL OF SOUND
A concert with school classes from Hamburg's JeKi schools
Forum, 18:00 Uhr
PAKT - Third year drama
Own work from the study module Playing styles
Kleine Bühne, 15:00 Uhr
Dissonance of power
Dmitri Shostakovich on the 50th anniversary of his death
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, 17:00 Uhr
KlangwerkStadt @ligeti center
Synthesizer workshop for children
ligeti zentrum, 16:00 Uhr
KlangwerkStadt @ ligeti center
Synthesizer Workshop: Ambient & Drone
ligeti zentrum, 18:00 Uhr
Studio for Early Music
The Baroque Orchestra of the HfMT
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 Uhr
Lecture: "The history of the recorder between 1300 and 1700 in words and pictures."
Raum 13, 15:30 Uhr
A Tribute to Chet Baker: Marko Mebus
presented by the JazzFederation Hamburg e.V.
JazzHall, 20:00 Uhr
Tunes & Pieces
Compositions for piano, synthesizer, bass and percussion
Orchesterstudio, 18:00 Uhr
Studio concert singing
Class Prof. Carolyn Grace James
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Jazz Heroes: Ricardo Chicho Castillo & Perico Sambeat
presented by the JazzFederation Hamburg e.V.
JazzHall, 19:00 Uhr
Studio concert for piano for the 3rd Advent
Musical-literary concert "Rainer Maria Rilke and Christmas."
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 19:30 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class of Prof. Alexey Stadler
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Horn studio concert
Class of Prof. Adrian Diaz Martinez
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Hamburg's opera house of the future - a project of the century under discussion
JazzHall, 20:00 Uhr
Jacob Eckert Solo - "Songs for People" / Luis Tonos Sextet - "Latin People"
Band Night
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Studio concert violin
Class of Prof. Tanja Becker-Bender
Orchesterstudio, 18:00 Uhr
"Dilla Time" - Perspectives of a non-colonizable time
Lecture-Performance and Christmas-Dancefloor (Seminar "Cultural Studies Hip Hop")
Multifunktionsstudio, 18:00 Uhr
Victoria Stauber: "Klangvoller Abschluss" (Graduation School Music) / Alexander Demos: "Aquatic Dreams"
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
The Future is Present
New works by students of the Multimedia Composition master's program and a doctoral student
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
Tom Wendler Ensemble
presented by the JazzFederation Hamburg e.V.
JazzHall, 20:00 Uhr
Charity concert
in favor of the association Schoriki Aregak e.V.
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Jazzkombinat Hamburg feat. Melissa Aldana
intense and full of energy
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Piano music on historical pianos
Students from the class of Tomasz Ritter
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 12:00 Uhr
CHOPIN AND SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano concertos from Baroque to Romanticism
Alte Druckerei Ottensen, 18:00 Uhr
Hamburg Talks for Culture & Media
Guest: Hendrik Lünenborg, Director General of NDR
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Happy New Year!
Class Prof. Caroline Weichert and Class Prof. Yvi Jänicke
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class of Prof. Alexey Stadler
Orchesterstudio, 18:00 Uhr
Studio concert oboe
Classes Prof. Beate Aanderud and Prof. Paulus van der Merwe
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Gender dialogs
Regional characteristics and global perspectives Lecture series
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
Analysis and interpretation #5
What does it mean to "understand" music?
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:30 Uhr
Percussion in Concert
Class evening with concert exam
Rudolf Steiner Haus, 20:00 Uhr
Sound paths of China
Pipa, Ruan and Gu as guests at the HfMT
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Organ recital
Concert exam by Frederik Kranemann
St. Johannis Eppendorf, 18:00 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class of Prof. Alexey Stadler
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
KlangwerkStadt @ ligeti center
Synthesizer workshop for children aged 6 and over
ligeti zentrum, 16:00 Uhr
Violin concerto
the Hamburg Violin Ensemble with students from the class of Prof. Christoph Schickedanz
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
TUHH goes Music
Concert with students of the HfMT
Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH), 19:00 Uhr
Happy New Year!
Class Prof. Caroline Weichert and Class Prof. Yvi Jänicke
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Cassandra's wrath
Chamber opera in three songs - a retelling of the ancient myth of the Trojan War
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
Studio concert violin
Class of Prof. Christoph Schickedanz
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Cassandra's wrath
Chamber opera in three songs - a retelling of the ancient myth of the Trojan War
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
Bassoon evening
Master's examination by Niklas Heiko Ludwig
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:30 Uhr
Mozart Prize 2026
Absalom Foundation competition
Logenhaus der Absalomstiftung, 11:00 Uhr
Cassandra's wrath
Chamber opera in three songs - a retelling of the ancient myth of the Trojan War
Forum, 18:00 Uhr
Around the world with music
Children's concert for five to ten-year-olds
JazzHall, 16:00 Uhr
Sound and form
LIFE IN SOUND - GYÖRGY KURTÁG TURNS 100
Ernst Barlach Haus, 18:00 Uhr
Piano concerts in the Alte Druckerei
Pure Mozart
Alte Druckerei Ottensen, 18:00 Uhr
Chamber music of the 18th and 19th centuries
Attempt to diversify the classical-romantic repertoire
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 16:00 Uhr
Harp evening
Master's examination by Séphora Foucher de la Fuente
Rudolf Steiner Haus, 20:00 Uhr
Organ recital
Master's examination by Malte Wienhues
Hauptkirche St. Katharinen, 17:00 Uhr
Gender dialogs
Regional characteristics and global perspectives Lecture series
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
Choir concert
Vocal ensemble of the Studio for Early Music
St. Lukas Fuhlsbüttel, 20:00 Uhr
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 Uhr
Singing evening
Bachelor examination of Negin Razzaghi
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
OSSIAN AND MUSIC AROUND 1800
A song recital as part of the exhibition "Art around 1800. An exhibition about exhibitions"
Hamburger Kunsthalle, 19:00 Uhr
Fatjazz Little Edgy Festival: Aki Takase & Daniel Erdmann "Timeless"
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
voice with and without electronix
Final concert of the New Music Singing seminars
Multifunktionsstudio, 20:00 Uhr
Studio concert violin
Class of Prof. Tanja Becker-Bender
Orchesterstudio, 18:00 Uhr
Hamburg Art Ensemble plays Deep Purple
presented by the Jazz Federation Hamburg e.V.
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
very, very beautiful music - studio concert composition
New works from the composition classes
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
Fit for the competition
in preparation for the audition for the Karajan Academy
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
Dmitri Shostakovich on the 50th anniversary of his death
Evgeni Koroliov and Lyupka Hadzigeorgieva
Forum, 19:00 Uhr
Concert of the male choir
under the direction of Diego Gruetzmacher
Mendelssohn-Saal, 20:00 Uhr
Studio concert violin
Class of Prof. Sebastian Schmidt
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Hidden treasures of the musical instrument collection
Studio for Early Music with teachers and students of the HfMT on harpsichords, spinets, clavichords and recorders
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 20:00 Uhr
Basics of Filmmaking - Working with professional cameras
ELA 1 - Multimedia Raum, 13:00 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class of Prof. Alexey Stadler
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Piano recital
Master's examination of Sangjun Han (Conducting program)
Orchesterstudio, 19:30 Uhr
Studio concert viola
Class Prof. Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class of Prof. Clemens Malich
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Refractions
Improvisations on Debussy, Stravinsky, Vitali and Poulenc
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Baroque orchestral and chamber music
Final course concert
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 17:00 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class of Prof. Clemens Malich
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
KlangwerkStadt @ ligeti center
Synthesizer workshop for children aged 6 and over
ligeti zentrum, 16:00 Uhr
Harp evening
Master's examination by Luisa Gabrisch
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 18:00 Uhr
Colloquium Music Theory
The Role of Score-Based Music Literacy in Scottish Secondary and Higher Music Education
Raum 13, 18:00 Uhr
Harp evening
Master's examination by Chiara Sax
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 20:00 Uhr
Horn studio concert
Class of Prof. Adrian Diaz Martinez
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Juan Pablo Ortiz Carrera (guitar) / Lucas Kolbe (bass) - Master Focus Project
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Studio concert harpsichord/recorder
Classes Prof. Anna Fusek and Prof. Menno van Delft
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Studio concert violoncello
Class Prof. Sebastian Klinger
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Organ recital
Concert exam by Yewon Choi and Mitsune Uchida
Hauptkirche St. Nikolai am Klosterstern , 19:00 Uhr
A Tribute to John Coltrane: Nathan Ott Quartet
Jazz Federation Hamburg e.V. presents
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Studio concert piano
Matinee with students of the class of Prof. Johanna Wiedenbach Wuerdinger
Mendelssohn-Saal, 12:30 Uhr
"Inspirations"
Piano improvisations with Svetoslav Karparov
Mendelssohn-Saal, 11:30 Uhr
Piano music on historical pianos
Students from the class of Tomasz Ritter
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 12:00 Uhr
in between
Workshop for concert design with winners of the Elise Meyer competition
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
Piano concerts in the Alte Druckerei
EMILIE LUISE MAYER AND SERGEY PROKOFIEV
Alte Druckerei Ottensen, 18:00 Uhr
Studio concert chamber music woodwinds
Class Prof. Riklef Döhl
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 19:30 Uhr
Violin recital
Bachelor examination of Antonia Schürmann
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
Studio concert trombone
Classes Prof. Stefan Geiger and Uwe Leonbacher
Orchesterstudio, 19:00 Uhr
Hamburg Talks for Culture & Media
Guest: Frauke Roth, Director of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Organ recital
Master's examination by Seungyeon Han
Kirche St. Johannis Harvestehude, 19:00 Uhr
Chamber music evening
Concert of the chamber music class of Prof. Abel Tomàs Realp
Laeiszhalle, 19:30 Uhr
Singing evening
Bachelor examination of Antonia Brinkers
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:30 Uhr
Huguette Caland x Concert LAB
a musical-performative tour
Deichtorhallen, 11:30 Uhr
Huguette Caland x Concert LAB
a musical-performative tour
Deichtorhallen, 13:30 Uhr
Horn evening
Master's examination by Haizea Lores Garaizar
Mendelssohn-Saal, 15:00 Uhr
Huguette Caland x Concert LAB
a musical-performative tour
Deichtorhallen, 15:00 Uhr
Horn evening
Master's examination by Fernando Casado Álvaro
Mendelssohn-Saal, 17:30 Uhr
Huguette Caland x Concert LAB
a musical-performative tour
Deichtorhallen, 11:30 Uhr
Huguette Caland x Concert LAB
a musical-performative tour
Deichtorhallen, 13:30 Uhr
Huguette Caland x Concert LAB
a musical-performative tour
Deichtorhallen, 15:00 Uhr
Semester concert of the school music orchestra of the HfMT Hamburg
Forum, 19:30 Uhr
Singing evening
Bachelor examination of Julia Alexandra Deinert
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 19:00 Uhr
Ukraine - Between grief and hope
Works by Ukrainian composers
Mendelssohn-Saal, 20:00 Uhr
Christ with me
Sacred and secular choral music from the Renaissance to modern times
Hauptkirche St. Petri, Mönckebergstraße, 17:15 Uhr
Violin recital
Master's examination by Kazım Kaan Alıcıoğlu
Mendelssohn-Saal, 19:00 Uhr
Organ recital
Master's examination by Malte Wienhues
Hauptkirche St. Katharinen, 19:00 Uhr
FATJAZZ Little Edgy Festival: ACHIM KAUFMANN & KALLE KALIMA / JAZZHALL ENSEMBLE / TINY ELECRTIC TRIO
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Violin recital
Master's examination by Veronika Kahrer
Mendelssohn-Saal, 18:00 Uhr
Workshops: Vietnamese Music
Workshop 1: Đàn tranh and creative practice with Dr. Nguyễn Thanh Thủy
Orchesterstudio, 14:30 Uhr
Workshops: Vietnamese Music
Workshop 2: Vietnamese guitar with Prof. Stefan Östersjö
Orchesterstudio, 16:30 Uhr
Traditional music - The gentle touch of Vietnamese culture
Orchesterstudio, 20:00 Uhr
Charles Mingus Experience: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Piano days for amateur pianists
"I also play the piano"
Mendelssohn-Saal, 09:30 Uhr
Piano days for amateur pianists
"I also play the piano"
Mendelssohn-Saal, 09:45 Uhr
A piano book for climate justice
Charity concert for Oxfam
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 17:00 Uhr
Piano days for amateur pianists
Participants' concert
Mendelssohn-Saal, 17:15 Uhr
Variations - Sound&Composition
Compositions for piano, vibraphone and percussion
Orchesterstudio, 18:00 Uhr
THE GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
FANTASIESPIEL -- Talent concert with Sergey Tanin
Sasel-Haus, 18:00 Uhr
Hamburg Talks for Culture & Media
Guest: Helge Fuhst, media manager, journalist, presenter and head of ARD-tagesthemen
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Landesjugendjazzorchester: Journey Home - Two Generations of Bigband Music
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 Uhr
KlangwerkStadt @ ligeti center
Synthesizer workshop for children aged 6 and over
ligeti zentrum, 16:00 Uhr
Lecture Recital
Master's examination of Saida Timina (Song Interpretation/Piano)
Mendelssohn-Saal, 20:00 Uhr
Choir concert in preparation for the International Choir Competition in Cork/Ireland
St. Johannis Eppendorf, 18:00 Uhr
KlangwerkStadt @ ligeti center
Synthesizer workshop for children aged 6 and over
ligeti zentrum, 16:00 Uhr
23rd Night of the Choir Conductors
Students of the school music department, class of Prof. Cornelius Trantow
Mendelssohn-Saal, 20:00 Uhr
Windfuhr's workshop concert #5
with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
Forum, 19:30 Uhr
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 Uhr
Hinrichsen-Henriques - from Portugal via Spain to Germany
Fanny Hensel-Saal, 19:30 Uhr
Windfuhr's workshop concert #6
with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
Forum, 19:30 Uhr
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 Uhr
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 Uhr
Young Artists in Concert
HfMT as guest at the C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chilehaus, 19:00 Uhr
Plan a visit
The University of Music and Drama has three locations where events take place:
Campus Außenalster, Campus Barmbek and the Ligeti Center in Harburg.
Please note that the following information refers only to the venues of the HfMT.
Hamburg University of Music and Drama
Harvestehuder Weg 12
20148 Hamburg
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By public transport
We recommend that you travel by public transport.
- U1: Hallerstraße stop
- Bus 15: Alsterchaussee stop
- Bus 19: Bus stop Böttgerstraße
By car
Coming from Harvestehuder Weg, there is a small parking garage. Entry is possible on weekdays from 5 p.m. and at weekends without restrictions during opening hours, as long as there is space.
Parking garage opening hours:
Monday - Friday: 7 am - 2 pm, Saturday and Sunday: 9 am - 2 pm
There is a designated disabled parking space.
There is a charge for parking.
There is another parking garage in the Pöseldorf-Center, which is within walking distance.
Hamburg University of Music and Drama
Campus Barmbek
Wiesendamm 26
22305 Hamburg
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By public transport
We recommend that you travel by public transport.
- U3: Barmbek or Saarlandstraße stop
- S1/S11: Barmbek stop
- Bus 17/18/171/172/261: Bus stop Burmesterstraße (Nord)
By car
University of Music and Drama
ligeti zentrum
Veritaskai 1
21079 Hamburg
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By public transport
We recommend traveling by public transport.
- S3/S31 : Harburg station or Harburg Rathaus (+ approx. 15 minutes on foot)
- Bus 143/154 : Bus stop Schellerdamm
By car
Like many other institutions, the HfMT is currently in a development phase.
We would like to make our event rooms accessible to everyone and will try to make your visit as pleasant as possible with the means available to us so far.
Your barrier-free access to the HfMT
Admission to most of the concerts is free.
Registration
We recommend pre-registration for the free concerts that take place on the university premises. This is possible via eventbrite. You will find the link and further information directly at the respective event.
Box office
For events with admission, the box office opens 60 minutes before the performance.
Doors open 30 minutes before the start.
Discounts
For events at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama:
Discounts apply to pupils and students as well as those entitled under the German Social Code.
The following applies to external events:
Discounts are granted in accordance with the regulations of the cooperating event organizer.
Venues
Our events take place both in our venues and in the external venues of our cooperation partners. Here you can see a selection of the venues where events will take place in the future.
Other rooms (seminar rooms, practice and teaching rooms) can also be rented on request.
If you are interested in renting a room at the HfMT, please contact us at veranstaltungen@hfmt-hamburg.de
Artist Agency
Our Career Center finds students for a wide variety of events, such as celebrations and music lessons.