The Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover (HMTMH) are among 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. The balance between music, drama, education, and academic research and the commitment to excellence both at the highest level of solo performance and in the broader training of ensemble players and teachers are at the core of HMTMH's understanding of its role. To this end, the University provides a broad but differentiated offering of courses and programs, currently consisting of 33 study programs supplemented by world-class master classes.
About 500 public concerts and performances a year make the HMTMH one of the most prominent organizers of cultural events in the State of Lower Saxony. 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 several musical outreach activities.
The highest level of international recognition accorded the HMTMH has always been for its artistic performance programs. The overall focus is on the promotion of individual talent as well as of orchestral competence. In the instrumental performance programs, professors teach all orchestral instruments except the harp – this is a clear commitment to orchestral musicians' professional training right across the board and secures the HMTMH a top-ranking position both in a national and in an international perspective.
The Departments of Chamber Music, Contemporary Music, Ancient Music, Jazz|Rock|Pop, and Musicology are sources of artistic inspiration for the HMTMH's more comprehensive range of offerings. Furthermore, the Institute for the Early Advancement of the Musically Highly Gifted (IFF), established in 2001, plays a vital role in providing professional training for talented young musicians.
Around 500 international students and many teachers from all over the world show the HMTMH emphasis on internationality. However, internationality is not only created by the presence of international students but through mobility and exchange. At the HMTMH, this concept is put into practice in both teaching and research.
The HMTMH profits from an outstanding international network and many cooperations, animating you to join this versatile and vivid environment. Offering a large variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in Music, Drama, and Media, the University provides the opportunity to combine the meeting diversity of interests. In cooperation with local cultural institutions, the HMTMH has become an international well-positioned university uniting both art and science on the highest level, creating a place of cultural diversity and innovation.
The HMTMH is a member of the ERASMUS community and has possessed an ERASMUS-Charta since 2000. A long list of partners enables students and teachers, and staff members to join in the European mobility according to their interests and needs. Moreover, the University is a member of the AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen), the European cultural and pedagogical network of 270 institutions from 55 countries.
The International Office of the HMTMH advises and informs students, teachers, and staff wishing to spend some time abroad and people interested in spending a period at the HMTMH. Offering information on scholarships and grants, language, activities, and financial matters make the International Office your partner in all international matters.
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