Summer party 2026

The content on this page was translated automatically.

Welcome!
Starting at 3 p.m., we’ll be opening our doors for our big HfMT Summer Festival.
A varied program awaits you in the university’s halls and in the garden, promising great entertainment well into the balmy summer night.

At the same time, we’re celebrating the 10th Open Society Day, an annual event that stands as a symbol of democracy, diversity, and solidarity. On this day, people set up tables and chairs outside their doors and strike up conversations with one another—and so will we.

Get moving. We look forward to seeing you there!

PROGRAM (subject to change)

Kids’ Oasis: Games and crafts, face painting, instrument making, and storytime
Wheel of Fortune with great prizes
Backstage tours Guided tours of our performance hall
Coffee & cake homemade by HfMT
Snacks & drinks inside at Belcanto
Fancy food in the garden with the Empanadas Bike and “Kanzler-Grill”
Music, theater, Science: numerous presentations from our degree programs

Performances

3:00 PM – Garden
Opening with trombones

3:30–4:00 PM – Garden Stage
Jazz standards with Luis, Wyatt, and Victor
For double bass, snare drum, and saxophone

3:30–4:00 PM – Movement Room 1
A wildly musical jungle expedition
For children ages 4 and up (limited to 15 participants: sign up at the information desk)

3:30–4:15 PM – Forum
Backstage tour
With exciting insights into our large concert hall
(Minimum height 1.10 m, limited number of participants: Registration at the information desk)

3:45–4:15 PM – Mendelssohn Hall
Basses – Jazz Meets Baroque
Music for bass instruments: Students and staff come together with various double bass and bass instruments to blend jazz with Baroque music through improvisation.
Thembinkosi Mavimbela (bass), Thomas Siebenkotten (baroque bass), Jörg Meder (violone), Arka Chakraborty (keyboard/organ)

4:00–4:45 PM – Organ Studio
“The Ugly Duckling” by Hans-Christian Andersen
A musical journey to empathize, get excited, think along, move along, and join in for children ages 5 and up
Julia Cao (piano), Bela Marock (horn), Carlotta Nordmann (violin), Daria Chormenko (piano), Katharina Heinrich (violin), Sila Santucci (vocals, violin), Xinran Gong (piano), Hans-Georg Spiegel (narrator)

4:00–4:30 PM – Multifunctional Studio, Garden, Room 11, and Room 13
Research – from the Theater Directing program
Experiment & Concept, Rehearsal and Research, Observation and Action
Featuring works by: Hannah Arnim, Jakob Immervoll, Crescencia Lucia Jiménez, Vakhtangi Pirtskhalava, Dante Nicolai Rafalski, Leni von der Waydbrink

16:15–16:45 – Forum
Open Singing: Participatory Choir @Summer Festival
Everyone is invited—young and old, with or without prior experience
Led by: Chiara Perneker

4:30–5:00 PM – Garden Stage
Dieter Hellfeuer
Original and cover songs on fingerstyle guitar

4:45–5:15 PM – Mendelssohn Hall
Best of Binta Anne and Arthur Sebastiao
Binta Anne (vocals) and Arthur Sebastiao (piano) present works by George Gershwin, Edvard Grieg, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and Johann Strauss

4:45–5:15 PM – Orchestra Studio
Sound & Plain Language: The HfMT Science Slam Vol. 1
What does research actually sound like? Four HfMT doctoral candidates bring their topics from music education, music therapy, and musicology to the stage—concise, lively, and accessible to all.
Slamming: Dirk Klawitter (Musicology – Dr. sc. Mus.), Linda Smailus (Music Education – Dr. phil.)
Moderator: Ronny Röwert

5:00–5:30 PM – Movement Room 1
A wildly musical jungle expedition
For children ages 4 and up (limited to 15 participants: sign up at the information desk)

5:00–5:45 PM – Organ Studio
“The Ugly Duckling” by Hans-Christian Andersen
A musical journey to empathize, get excited, think along, move along, and join in for children ages 5 and up
Julia Cao (piano), Bela Marock (horn), Carlotta Nordmann (violin), Daria Chormenko (piano), Katharina Heinrich (violin), Sila Santucci (vocals, violin), Xinran Gong (piano), Hans-Georg Spiegel (narrator)

5:00–5:45 PM – Forum
Backstage tour
With exciting insights into our large event hall
(Minimum height 1.10 m, limited number of participants: Register at the information desk)

5:00–5:30 PM – Multifunctional Studio, Garden, Room 11, and Room 13
Research – from the Acting Direction program
Experiment & Concept, Rehearsal and Research, Observation and Action
Featuring works by: Hannah Arnim, Jakob Immervoll, Crescencia Lucia Jiménez, Vakhtangi Pirtskhalava, Dante Nicolai Rafalski, Leni von der Waydbrink

5:30–6:00 PM – Garden Stage
Duo Abrazo
Laura Ayala Halbach (vocals) and Juan Pablo Ortiz Carrera (guitar) perform songs from various South American countries and Spain

5:45–6:15 PM – Mendelssohn Hall
A sampling from Abel Tomàs’s chamber music class
Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2, 1st and 2nd movements
Yanhao Yang (piano), Zilin Xu, Carlo Severini (violins), Huixi Ou (viola), Lara Neher (cello)
Johannes Brahms String Quartet No. 3, 1st and 2nd movements
Yunhe Tang, Elisabeth Pihusch (violins), Jianxiu Jiang (viola), Pablo Camba Di Gregorio (cello)

5:45–6:15 PM – Orchestra Studio
Sound & Plain Language: The HfMT Science Slam Vol. 2
What does research actually sound like? Four HfMT doctoral candidates bring their topics from music education, music therapy, and musicology to the stage—concise, lively, and accessible to all.
Slamming: Isabelle Hekala (Music Education – Dr. phil.), Lovis Determann (Music Therapy – Dr. phil.)
Moderator: Ronny Röwert

6:00–6:30 PM – Multifunctional Studio, Garden, Room 11, and Room 13
Research – from the Acting Directing program
Experiment & Concept, Rehearsal and Research, Observation and Action
Featuring works by: Hannah Arnim, Jakob Immervoll, Crescencia Lucia Jiménez, Vakhtangi Pirtskhalava, Dante Nicolai Rafalski, Leni von der Waydbrink

6:30–7:15 PM – Forum
Keyboard Magic 1
Concert by the piano classes

7:00–10:00 PM – Multifunctional Studio, Garden, Room 11, and Room 13
Research – from the Theater Directing Program
Experiment & Concept, Rehearsal and Research, Observation and Action
Featuring works by: Hannah Arnim, Jakob Immervoll, Crescencia Lucia Jiménez, Vakhtangi Pirtskhalava, Dante Nicolai Rafalski, Leni von der Waydbrink

7:30–8:15 PM – Forum
Keyboard Magic 2
Concert by the piano classes

7:30 PM – JazzHall
FatJazz: Quintet Jean-Paul / JazzHall Ensemble

Eintritt frei