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 about 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 also 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. With, the department of old music, new music and chamber music, the department of gifted Junior music studies and the european centre for jewish music the university includes extraordinary and outstanding institutions. The departments of journalism and communication research, music and gender, music physiology and musicians’ medicine and music education research represent the scientific sector of the HMTMH. Due to these many artistic-scientifical projects interdisciplinary work is enabled in almost every sector of the university. 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 music university stays in a permanent exchange with society and initiates a number of musical outreach activities. (Source: HMTMH)