NEWSLETTER 05/21

Last-minute decision-makers and innovation enthusiasts can register for the 6th International TENOR Conference (technologies for music notation and representation) from Monday.

The program includes lectures, workshops and concerts by internationally renowned artists and researchers, including Prof. Dr. Georg Hajdu (HfMT), whose workshop deals with the notation software "MaxScore":

"MaxScore" is not a music notation aid on a PC, but a colossal reinvention of the concept of a score. Following the idea of lively interaction between all participants, MaxScore functions as a hybrid of instrument, controller and dynamic score and is therefore of interest to all those who want to say goodbye to the static sheet of paper on the music stand. "After working on a number of new features in recent years and focusing on contemporary-experimental applications, we are now ready to make the software known and accessible to a wider audience," says Georg Hajdu.

The conference will take place from May 10-13 and is supported by the "Stage_2.0" project funded by the federal and state initiative "Innovative University" and the TENOR Network.
Further information can be found here or directly in our event calendar.

It is the heart of instrumental and vocal training at any music academy: individual artistic tuition with the main subject teacher. This is where students shape and hone, work and create, reflect and perfect - tailored to the needs of the individual at that very moment.
Based on immense trust and intensive exchange, these lessons offer inspiration and guidance week after week for the practice and progress of the soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians of tomorrow.

In keeping with tradition, we show the fruits of this work at our studio concerts, in which the teachers' classes present their current level of ability. On May 15, we have combined several class evenings into a "Studio Day", which you can follow as a livestream at home.

The story of King Idomeneus lies at the heart of Greek mythology and thus in the cradle of western drama. As a budding theater maker, you have to nibble your way through it. Finnja Denkewitz studied at the HfMT herself until two years ago and is now a permanent dramaturge at the Hamburg Schauspielhaus. Now, as part of the final production of our drama class, she meets her former fellow students and, together with her directing team, works on the ancient material, which they approach using the text by Roland Schimmelpfennig.

"It's a really exciting play. On the one hand, the narrative style and the multitude of different versions of the myth of Idomeneus with their connections to each other are very complex. On the other hand, the play raises big, undiminished explosive questions about "the value of human life", "violence and freedom" and "male heroism", which you have to deal with in order to develop an artistic statement."

In the making is a powerful work that focuses on the performers themselves. It is about these seven, who impress in their diversity, take up space and are able to give space, so to speak, and whom one may follow spellbound.

After a confusing Corona study year with reduced possibilities, the production will premiere at the end of May - digital or analog. Keep up to date and follow us, because the Seven have an incredible desire to be seen.