The Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg is one of the larger universities of music in Germany.
It was founded 1950 as ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik'' (Public college of music) on the base of the former private acting school of Annemarie Marks-Rocke and Eduard Marks.
Courses cover various musical genres, including church music, jazz, pop, composition, conducting, instrumental music as well as voice. The theatre academy offers courses in drama and opera and directing in these fields. A third academy offers scientific and educational degrees and qualifications (musicology, music education and therapy).
The university is located in the prestigious Budge-Palais in Hamburg Rotherbaum at the
Außenalster
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, close to the city centre.
Directors
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Philipp Jarnach
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Jarnach was born in Noisy-le-Sec, France, the son of a Spanish sculptor and a Flemish mother. Besi ...
Elmar Lampson
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He wrote two symphonies, solo- and chamber music, music for choir and an opera. His music is published by Peermusic Hamburg, New York and is available on various CDs, published by col leg ...
(since October 2004)
Faculty
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Beatrix Borchard
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György Ligeti
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Heinz Wunderlich
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, organ (1919–2012)
Former students
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Erdoğan Atalay
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Early life and career
Atalay was born in Hanover, West Germany, to a Turki ...
Lisa Batiashvili
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Hermann Baumann Hermann Baumann may refer to:
* Hermann Baumann (social anthropologist) (1902–1972), German Africa expert
* Hermann Baumann (musician) (1934–2023), German horn player, teacher and composer
*Hermann Baumann (wrestler) (born 1921), Swiss Olympic w ...
Oliver Bendt
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Knoch grew up the son of an actress in Munich, where he played children's roles in several films, including '' Königswalzer'' (1955) and ''Weil du ar ...
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Margit Carstensen
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Theater career
Carstensen, the daughter of a physician, was born and rai ...
Xiaoyong Chen
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Biography
Xiaoyong Chen first studied composition at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music from 1980 until 1985. In 1985 he moved to Germany where he attended the Mu ...
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Marko Ciciliani Marko Ciciliani (born February 23, 1970) is a composer, audiovisual artist and performer.
Life
Marko Ciciliani was born in 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia. In 1971 his parents emigrated to Germany where he predominantly grew up in Karlsruhe.
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Angela Denoke
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Born in Stade, she studied at the University of Music and Drama of Hamburg. Her first contract was at the Theater Ulm (1992–1996), where she sang Fiordiligi (''Così ...
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Justus von Dohnányi
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Life and career
Born in Lübeck, von Dohnányi is the son of conductor Christoph von Dohnányi and actress ...
Evelyn Hamann
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Hannelore Hoger
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Wiebke Lehmkuhl
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Talia Or
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Early life and education
Born in Jerusalem, ...
Tanja Tetzlaff
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Iris Vermillion
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Education in Hamburg
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Music schools in Germany
Music schools in Germany cater to pupils from an early age up to postgraduate students. They exist within and outside the formal education system.
Musikschulen
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