hmt Rostock’s International SOMMERCAMPUS provides the perfect combination of masterclasses, preparation for competitions, orchestra practice and concerts. The musicians take part in the various courses and receive intensive tuition from first-class artists. Additionally they are given the opportunity to practise as a soloist with an orchestra and selected students will receive the possibility to perform at one of the three final concerts as part of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Every masterclass will also curate its own concert.

By collaborating with the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, the SOMMERCAMPUS has access to a large symphony orchestra for the orchestral work, which will be led by its chief conductor Marcus Bosch during the time of the SOMMERCAMPUS.

The SOMMERCAMPUS is aimed at music students from all over the world. Young talents who are preparing for university entrance examinations and music degrees, as well as professional musicians who would like to enhance their skills, are also welcome to register for active participation. Passive participation is also possible and provides a good insight into the daily artistic work.

The SOMMERCAMPUS first took place in 1995 - one year after the founding of hmt Rostock. We have worked closely together with the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2005. Sincerest gratitude for all support goes to the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the cultural funding programme from Norddeutscher Rundfunk as well as the hmt’s friends society, ‘Freunde und Förderer der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock e. V.

Please register online. A registration link will appear on this page during the registration period.
Start of registration: 3 February 2025

Jessica Buse 
SOMMERCAMPUS - Creative Direction and Organization
sommercampushmt-rostockde
jessica.busehmt-rostockde
fon +49 381 5108 241

Active Participation Fee

Masterclass: € 350.00 per person
Students at the hmt Rostock receive a reduction of 50% on the price for the participation fee.

Application fee: € 30.00 per person

The application fee must be paid on registration and is non-refundable. If the fee has not been received by 2nd May 2025, you will not be considered in the selection of participation.
The participation fee must be paid immediately after you have been accepted for active participation. 

Bank account details for the Rostock University of Music and Drama
BIC: NOLADE21ROS, Ostseesparkasse Rostock
IBAN: DE 57 1305 0000 0201 0189 26
Reference: Course fee SC 2025 and ‘name of the participant / ensemble name’, ‘course’ (both required)

Passive Participation Fee

Tickets for passive participation can be purchased via our registration form on our website. Pick-up and invalidation of tickets is possible at the Course Office during the SOMMERCAMPUS. 

€ 110.00 for all courses and the entire duration
€ 16.00 day ticket
€ 10.00 half-day ticket

Students and lecturers at hmt Rostock have free entrance as observers to all courses.
NOTE: Nevertheless, please make sure to register and obtain a free participation ticket from the course office.

The arrival and registration date is Thursday, 28 August 2025. Please register at the foyer in the hmt Rostock between 2.00 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. The first get-together will take place at the welcoming event at 4.00 p.m. in the Chambermusic Hall.
Courses usually take place from 29 August - 05 September 2025.

To be chosen as an active participant applicants are requested to submit the fully completed application, transmission of the application fee as well as a professional video recording (e.g. YouTube-Link). If we receive more applications for active participation than we are able to accept, the respective course teachers will make a choice based on a video of a performance or an audition.

By registering for the SOMMERCAMPUS, the participant agrees that photo and video recordings may be made by the organiser and used for non-commercial purposes. All ancillary copyrights resulting from any image or sound recordings remain unlimited in terms of time and place for the Rostock University of Music and Drama (hmt Rostock).

The teacher of each course will select the soloists for the orchestra rehearsals and concerts as part of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Please select works from the repertoire list named for the orchestral work and inform us of your choice in your application. No specifications are made for the solo and chamber music repertoire.

Recommendation
Since potentially ever participant can be selected as a soloist for one of the concerts of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, we recommend placing special emphasis on one movement of 6-10 minutes in length in your artistic work in order to further increase the chance of being selected.

Yes, you can! In order to sustainably bring together all of the masterclasses participants, we suggest that you send the SOMMERCAMPUS Team chamber music works that you would like to work on during the masterclasses. A list with the proposed works, for which further participants can register, will be published shortly before and during the SOMMERCAMPUS 2025. 

All course participants are responsible for finding their own accommodation. Please see below for low-priced accommodations.

Accommodation Service Rostock
Jellyfish Hostel
Blue Doors Hostel
Youth Hostel WIROtel
B&B Hotel Rostock-Hafen
Motel One Rostock
Hotel Die kleine Sonne Rostock Vienna House
Hotel Garni 
City Guesthouse Lotte
Hotel Verdi
Casita Maria
Room Exchange
Rostock Bed & Breakfasts
Hotels in Rostock with valuation
Holiday Apartments Travanto
Holiday Apartments hometogo

The Rostock University of Music and Drama (hmt)
The Rostock University of Music and Drama was founded in 1994 and is based in one of the most beautiful University buildings in Germany, the St. Katharinenstift. It was built in the 13^th century as a Franciscan monastery. Between 1998 and 2001 it was extensively restored and new parts were added to the building that offers an inspiring ambience. It is equipped with a concert and theatre hall, an organ hall, a chamber music hall, recording studios, an extensive library as well as numerous classrooms and practice rooms, thus creating ideal studying and performing conditions. Its 579 students come from 40 nations and are spread across 35 courses.

The Hanseatic City of Rostock
The Hanseatic City of Rostock is the cultural centre on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is located not far from the extensive beaches of the Baltic Sea. The University of Rostock, which has more than 15,000 students, is the oldest university in the Baltic Sea Region and is steeped in tradition. The Rostock University of Music and Drama provides more than 300 performances per year, constituting a considerable contribution to cultural life in Rostock.

The SOMMERCAMPUS first took place in 1995 - one year after the founding of the University. We have worked closely with the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2005. Special support for the SOMMERCAMPUS is provided by the cultural funding programme from Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and the University's friends society 'Freund und Förderer der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock e.V.'

A
Prof. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Klavier, 2024 (+ Lilit Grigoryan)
Volker Ahmels, Ostracized Music for Piano, 2019 + 2023

B
Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano, 2017
Mathias Baier, Bassoon, 2008
Prof. Tanja Becker-Bender, Violin, 2015
Detlef Bensmann, Saxophone, 2014
Prof. Jens Bjørn-Larsen, Tuba, 2021
Prof. Claudio Bohórquez, Cello, 2012
Prof. Gábor Boldoczki, Trumpet, 2010 + 2023
Prof. Nikolay Borchev, Voice, 2023
Denis Bouriakov, Flute, 2019
Prof. Shirley Brill, Clarinet, 2013
Prof. Peter Bruns, Violoncello, 2011
Prof. Gert von Bülow, Cello, 2006
Grace Bumbry, Voice, 2009
Prof. Barbara Buntrock, Viola, 2019
Prof. Jonas Bylund, Trombone, 2010

C
Jean-Louis Capezzali, Oboe, 2018
Prof. Natalie Clein, Cello, 2019
Prof. Carlo Colombo, Fagott, 2024 (+ Prof. David Petersen)
Compagnie Bodecker & Neander, body language/pantomime/visual theatre, 2012

D
Prof. Peter Damm, Horn, 2006
Albena Danailova, Violin, 2011
Prof. Helen Donath, Voice, 2007 + 2012
Prof. Zoran Dukic und Prof. Thomas Offermann, Guitar, 2023

E

Prof. Andreas Ehelebe, Kontrabass, 2024

F
Prof. Filippo Faes, Piano and chamber Music, 2013
Christina Fassbender, Flute, 2012
Fauré-Quartett, Chamber Music, 2015
Giora Feidman, Clarinet, 2008
Prof. Eberhard Feltz, Chamber Music 2019
Laura Ruiz Ferreres, Clarinet, 2014
Pacho Flores, Trumpet, 2018
Prof. Frank Forst, Bassoon, 2014
Prof. Beat Furrer, Composition, 2009
Prof. Reinhold Friedrich, Trumpet, 2008

G
Prof. Saschko Gawriloff, Violin, 2009
Prof. Alexej Gerassimez, Drums, 2019
Prof. Alban Gerhardt, Cello, 2015
Prof. Mark Gothoni, Violin, 2018
Prof. Ralf Gothóni, Chamber music, 2023 (cancelled)
Lilit Grigoryan, Piano, 2016 + 2018 + 2024 (Prof. Pierre-Laurent Aimard)
Reri Grist, Voice, 2011

H
Prof. Klaus Häger, Voice, 2013
Prof. Sebastian Hamann, Violin, 2017
Prof. Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Cello, 2022
Prof. Martin Helmchen, Piano 2022
Prof. Stefan Hempel, Violin, 2011 + 2012 + 2019
Prof. Thomas Heyer, Voice, 2022
Clément Himbert, Saxophone, 2014
Prof. Marion Hofmann, Harp, 2009
Prof. Matthias Höfs, Trumpet, 2016
Prof. Albrecht Holder, Bassoon, 2012
Prof. Michael Höltzel, Horn and Chamber Music, 2010 + 2014
Prof. Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Violin, 2013
Prof. Maximilian Hornung, Cello, 2021

I
Prof. Petru Iuga, Double Bass, 2013
Prof. Christiane Iven, Voice, 2019

J
Prof. Sophia Jaffé, Violin, 2012
Prof. Rudolf Jansen, Song Interpretation, 2007
Prof. Siegfried Jerusalem, Voice, 2017

K
Prof. Sharon Kam, Clarinet, 2023
Prof. Klesie Kelly, Voice, 2013
Simone Kermes, Voice, 2017
Prof. Matthias Kirschnereit, Piano, 2006 + 2008 + 2010 + 2012 + 2016
Prof. Michael Martin Kofler, Flute, 2008
Prof. Sergei Kravchenko, Violin, 2008
Prof. Erich Krüger, Viola, 2012
Prof. Elisabeth Kufferath, Violin 2023
Prof. Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Violin, 2010
Prof. Ewa Kupiec, Piano, 2011

L
Prof. Reinhard Latzko, Cello, 2016
Prof. Karl Leister, Clarinet, 2011
Prof. Elisabeth Leonskaja, Piano, 2007
Markus, Leoson, Drums, 2009
Prof. Jens Lindemann, Trumpet, 2013

M
Prof. Harri Mäki, Clarinet, 2022
Sebastian Manz, Clarinet, 2021
Prof. Tatjana Masurenko, Viola, 2006
Gisela May, Interpretation of musical-literary works for singers and actors, 2009
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe, 2016
Prof. Fionnuala McCarthy, Voice, 2015
Paolo Mendes, Horn, 2014
Prof. Hamish Milne, Piano, 2015
Minguet-Quartett, Chamber Music with Strings, 2010
Prof. Nils Mönkemeyer, Viola, 2016
Prof. Frank Morelli, Bassoon, 2019
Prof. Johannes Moser, Cello, 2023
Prof. Philippe Muller, Cello, 2017
Daniel Müller-Schott, Cello, 2009 + 2014 + 2024
Prof. Petru Munteanu, Violin, 2006

N
Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker, Horn, 2008 + 2022

P
Prof. Dirk Peppel, Flute, 2016
Prof. Cédric Pescia, Piano, 2021
David Petersen, Bassoon, 2019 + 2024 (Prof. Carlo Colombo)
Prof. Stephan Picard, Violin, 2014
Prof. Rudolf Piernay, Voice, 2016
Prof. Viktor Pikaisen, Violin, 2006
Maria J. Pires, Piano, 2018
Prof. Menahem Pressler, Piano, 2014

Q
Prof. Thomas Quasthoff, Voice, 2015

R
Prof. Helmuth Rilling, Bach interpretation for vocal soloists, 2013
Prof. Hardy Rittner, Piano, 2023
Prof. Gustav Rivinius, Cello, 2006
Prof. Jan-Hendrik Rootering Voice, 2018
Sibylla Rubens, Voice, 2018
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Ruzicka, Composition, 2010

S
Prof. Marina Sandel, Gesang, 2024
Prof. Heinrich Schiff, Cello, 2013
Prof. Heiner Schindler, Clarinet and Chamber Music, 2006 + 2011 + 2012
Prof. Ragna Schirmer, Piano, 2012
Prof. Andreas Schmidt, Voice, 2007
Matthias Schorn, Clarinet, 2018
Herbert Schuch, Piano, 2021
Jan Schulte-Buhnert, Saxophone, 2014
Prof. Josef Schwab, Cello, 2007
Prof. Gabriel Schwabe, Cello, 2022
Prof. Anne Schwanewilms, Voice, 2021
Prof. Felix Schwartz, Viola, 2007 + 2017
Prof. Henja Semmler, Violine, 2024
Baiba Skride, Violin, 2008
Prof. Martin Stadtfeld, Piano, 2017
Prof. Julian Steckel, Cello, 2011
Uwe Steinmetz, Saxophone, 2014
Prof. Hans-Peter und Prof. Volker Stenzl, Piano duo, 2009 + 2014
Prof. Axel Strauss, Violin, 2007
Prof. Wilfried Strehle, Viola, 2011
Máté Szűcs, Viola, 2015
Prof. Piotr Szumieł, Viola, 2021

T
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin, 2019
Prof. Karola Theill, Lied Interpretation, 2021 + 2024
Prof. Frank Thoenes, Double Bass, 2018
TokyoStringQuartet, Chamber Music for Strings, 2007
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Voice, 2010

U
Prof. Anatol Ugorski, Piano, 2006

V
Prof. Radovan Vlatković, Horn, 2017
Prof. Lars Vogt, Piano, 2019

W
Prof. David Walter, Oboe, 2022
Prof. Waldemar Wild, Voice, 2007
Prof. Janet Williams, Singing, 2012
Prof. Jamie Williams, Trombone, 2015 + 2024
Prof. Gregor Witt, Oboe and Chamber Music, 2008 + 2012 + 2014 + 2016 + 2018 + 2022

Y
Prof. Tianwa Yang, Violin, 2022

Z
Prof. Bernd Zack, Piano, 2014