World Sound Festival on 1.5.2025
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In the afternoon, the campus becomes a children's sound playground
A children's festival invites young explorers and sound researchers to experience the world of music with all their senses. Asian and Indonesian instruments can be tried out at the instrument carousel - from the shimmering metallic gong to the delicate bamboo flute.
In a Samulnori workshop, children can make music together on Korean drums: loud, rhythmic, lively! A K-Pop workshop invites you to dance and join in - for all those who are enthusiastic about movement and beats.
And those who prefer to dance with a brush can create their own characters in Korean calligraphy - very calm, very concentrated, very beautiful.
An afternoon full of sound, color and joy - for the whole family.
In the evening: amazement between classic & tradition
The Hamburg University of Music and Drama stands for musical diversity.
From classical to early music, church music, jazz and pop to contemporary avant-garde, it represents the broad spectrum of what music can be today - in teaching, research and artistic practice.
At the same time, a look around the world shows that Western sound culture - whether classical, jazz or pop - has long since found global resonance. It is played on all continents, adapted and perceived as part of one's own cultural identity. Traditional music, on the other hand - deeply rooted in the history, language and way of life of many cultures - often remains confined to its place of origin. It is not uncommon for them to be seen as the other, the foreign, in Western discourse.
Our sound festival dares to change the way we listen.
In a concert of change, different musical traditions meet at eye level. The evening invites you to be amazed, to listen, to open your senses - beyond clichés and hierarchies.
Listen to Chopin alongside Balinese gamelan music. Listen to the Chinese guqin, an instrument with thousands of years of history, and discover the baroque music of Brazil. Experience the velvety sound of the oriental ud alternating with the European piano, follow the emotional expression of Korean pansori and the power of Italian opera singing.
In addition to students from the university, musicians from Hamburg's amateur scene will also take part in the concert. They bring the traditional music of their respective communities to the stage - vibrant soundscapes that are otherwise often only heard in private or religious settings. Their participation lends the evening a special authenticity and opens up new spaces for encounters and dialog.
An evening for open ears - and a musical sign of respect, diversity and exchange. The program is rounded off with country-specific culinary delights - an invitation to taste how sound can taste.