Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (german: Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, italics=unset, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

, the capital of

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, Germany. Dating to , it has reorganised and changed names as it developed over the years, most recently in 2010 when it changed from State College of Music and Drama Hanover (, or simply ). Since 2010, its president has been

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. As of , the university has students and a total of staff.

History

The origins of the university date back to 1897 with the establishment of the private Conservatory of Music (). However, just over a decade later, in 1911, it became the conservatory for the city and changed name to Hanover Conservatory (, also called ). In 1943, during the Second World War, it became State Music School (). After the war, in 1950, it merged with the private Hanover Drama School () becoming the Academy of Music and Theatre (), before attaining college status () a few years later in 1958 (although back-dated to 1 April 1957) and being separated into the Lower Saxon College of Music and Theatre () and the Lower Saxon School for Music Hanover (). However, on 1 October 1962 these two were recombined into the State College of Music and Drama Hanover (, abbreviated to HMTH and simply called ). Between 1970 and 1973 a new dedicated main building was constructed at the very edge of the Eilenriede city forest. In 1988 the European Centre for Jewish Music dealing with the documentation and reconstruction of Jewish liturgical music was established by in the and which since 1992 has been an institute of the university. Since 2001 the university has had the Institute for Early Advancement of Highly Gifted Musicians (, abbreviated to IFF), and in 2010 the Institute of Chamber Music and the Institute for Early Music was founded.

Facilities

Musikhochschule Hannover frontal Herbst 2011

From above, the main building of the university has the shape of an ear, which is also reflected in the university’s logo. At the time of its construction it was one of the most modern buildings designed specifically for an artistic institution. In addition to the main building, the university has sites throughout Hanover: *2–4Administration * at 39formerly the home of a director of Continental, acquired in 2006 for the European Centre for Jewish Music and opened in 2012 after restoration *48Institute for Music Psychology and Musician Medicine () *3 Research Centre for Music and Gender (, Institute for Music Education Research ( and Institute for Music Sciences () * Expo Plaza 12Acting () and Institute of Journalism and Communication Research () *35Institute for Old Music () *21 *8Institute for Jazz, Rock and Pop ()

Courses

The emphasis at HMTMH is music education, artistic education, solo training, and theatre training. Also taught are

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, rock, pop as part of a popular music program, with an emphasis on jazz. The study programs in the areas of piano, orchestra and chamber music are particularly pronounced, especially in artistic education and music education. The drama and opera departments are in close cooperation with Hanover State Opera, Hanover Drama and the radio orchestra of the northern German broadcaster

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. The university stages about two annual opera productions, including premieres, and about three orchestral concerts. The university also maintains artistic and scientific relations with several national and international music colleges and universities, including in Switzerland, Eastern Europe and East Asia.

Organ

HMTMH owns an organ in the New Town Church, situated about west-southwest of the main building, that is used for teaching and concerts. Called the Spanish organ, it was installed on the north balcony in 1998–2001 and reflects principles of Spanish Baroque organ building without copying a specific instrument.

Notable people

The university has had the following presidents: * 1979–1993 Richard Jakoby (since 1968 as director of the predecessor institution) * 1993–1997 Peter Becker * 1997–2003

Klaus-Ernst Behne Klaus-Ernst Behne (29 June 1940 – 9 August 2013) was a German professor of musicology with a focus on music psychology. Life Born in Uelzen, Behne studied school music, musicology, psychology and physics in Freiburg im Breisgau, Bonn and Hamb ...

* 2003–2005 Katja Schaefer * 2006–2009 Rolf-Burkhard Klieme * Since 2010 Susanne Rode-Breymann

Lecturers

* Theo Altmeyer, voice *

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, piano * Hans Christoph Becker-Foss, organ and early music studies *

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, flute *

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Carla Henius Carla Henius (4 May 1919 – 27 December 2002) was a German operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and librettist. She played a decisive role in promoting recent works by composers such as Arnold Schönberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen and L ...

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Karl-Heinz Kämmerling Karl-Heinz Kämmerling (6 May 1930 – 14 June 2012) was a notable German academic teacher of classical pianists, who trained pianists at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover for careers as performer ...

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, composition *

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, acting * Klaus Storck, cello *

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, composition * Gerrit Zitterbart, piano * Yi Fan-Chiang, piano

Students

Music

* Tokunbo Akinro, singer * Lera Auerbach, pianist and composer *

, pianist *

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conductor, event and broadcasting manager * Elizabeth Bergmann (Bergmann Duo), piano duo *

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, tenor * Lutz Krajenski, pianist *

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, pianist * Colette Lorand, soprano * Jun Märkl, conductor * Dany Mann, jazz and pop singer, actress * Cornelius Meister, conductor * Kristin Merscher, pianist * Wolfgang Meyer, clarinetist *

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, violist *

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organ *

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, composer *

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, baritone *

choral conductor * Hanna Schwarz, singer *

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, cellist *

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, percussionist *

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, singer *

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Acting

* Dietrich Adam * Greta Amend * Ulrike Folkerts * Alexandra Henkel *

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* Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey * Anke Sevenich *

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Journalism

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, media manager

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References

External links

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