Hochschule für Musik Hannover

Excellence at the highest level

Top Classical, January 2023
The Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover (HMTMH) is one of Germany´s most renowned institutions for professional training and academic study in the cultural and artistic field. Some 360 teachers, amongst them numerous internationally celebrated artists, educationalists and academics, teach nearly 1,500 students from all over the world.

HMTMH traces its history back to the “Landesmusikschule” (State music school) and the “Hannoversche Schauspielschule” (Hannover Drama School), both of which were founded as early as the 19th century. They then formed the “Akademie für Musik und Theater” (Academy of Music and Theatre) in 1950; in 1973, the Federal State of Lower Saxony became responsible for managing the University.It was in 1958 when the school achieved the status of Hochschule. Since 2001 the university runs an institute for the early training of highly gifted students, the ‘Institut zur Früh-Förderung Hochbegabter’ (IFF, Institute for the Advancement of Young Musicians).

In 2010, it added the term “media” to its name. Today, its institutes are located in various places around the city – from the east side of Hanover to the Expo Plaza.

Eleven institutes serve to bring students and scholars together, creating impetus and acting as a catalyst for unique research. The disciplines of Acting and Media Management complement HMTMH’s outstanding reputation as a music academy, making it Germany’s third-largest art university.

The balance between music, drama, education and academic research, and the commitment to excellence at the highest level of performance and in broader training form the core of HMTMH’s understanding of its role. To this end, HMTHM provides a differentiated offering of degree programs, supplemented by numerous master classes. Music plays the key role. Thanks to many cross-discipline art research projects, almost all fields can be approached in an interdisciplinary manner.

The drama and opera departments are in close cooperation with the Staatsoper Hannover, the Staatstheater Hannover and the NDR Radiophilharmonie. About 500 public concerts and performances a year make the HMTMH one of the biggest organizers of cultural events in the State of Lower Saxony. In order to provide long-term support for “Hanover, Region of Culture” and “Lower Saxony, Land of Music”, Lower Saxony’s only conservatoire stays in a permanent exchange with society and initiates a number of musical outreach activities.

Notable artists such as Igor Levit, Yundi Li, Lars Vogt or Sabine Meyer are only some of the names who studied there in the past.

Further information about the university and their academic programs can be found on HMTMH webpage: https://www.hmtm-hannover.de/en/home/