News and updates from the university
Finale for HfMT pianists
Sergey Tanin, concert exam student in Anna Vinnitskaya's class, has made it to the final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels! There he played "Music…
Inaugural visit by Senator Maryam Blumenthal to the HfMT
The new Hamburg Senator for Science, Research and Equal Opportunities, Maryam Blumenthal, made her first visit to the Hamburg University of Music and Drama…
"Postpone GEMA reform"
GEMA wants to reform the distribution model for its royalty income. What sounds like an unspectacular development actually has serious consequences for music…
The HfMT mourns the loss of Prof. em. Lucas Lindholm
The European jazz scene has lost one of its most influential bassists in Lucas Lindholm. He was a permanent fixture for decades: as a member of the NDR Big…
"A solid, creative force"
Tilman Oberbeck, artistic director of JazzHall Hamburg, is the winner of the prestigious Hamburg Jazz Award 2025! The prize, which is awarded every two years by…
Success for HfMT conducting student
Doğa Çetin, a student in Ulrich Windfuhr's conducting class, has made it to the second round of the innovative "CAMPUS DIRIGIEREN" competition. Born in Turkey,…
Julian Eingang & AiR Astrid Wiesinger
an invitation to experience music in a new way
JazzHall, 19:30 Uhr
7th Chopin Festival Hamburg
Master class with Prof. Bernd Goetzke
Mendelssohn-Saal, 10:30 Uhr
Symphony concert
with the symphony orchestra of the HfMT
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, 19:30 Uhr
University of Music and Drama
With around 1400 students, the Hamburg University of Music and Drama is one of the largest artistic universities in Germany and offers artistic and academic training in all areas of music and theater.
Under the motto "Artistic excellence in social responsibility", the university is in a permanent process of creative reinvention and courageous further development. It is the aim of the university to critically and productively relate both aspects to each other in all its fields of work. Reflection on artistic processes is an indispensable prerequisite for this reciprocal relationship between art and society, between excellence and responsibility.