Symphony Orchestra of the hmt Rostock

The Symphony Orchestra consists of students from the master’s and bachelor’s degree courses and meets up several times a semester for rehearsals that are followed by concerts, as well as repertoire practice. It is here that young talents attending the Young Academy Rostock (YARO) - the centre for the promotion of young musical talent - also gain their first orchestral experience. The performances are held in the University’s own Katharinensaal in Rostock. External concerts have taken the orchestra to Schwerin, Neustrelitz, Güstrow and Hamburg. A concert performed by the University Orchestra was also broadcast in NDR’s concert series ‘Start - Junge Künstler live’.

The repertoire is diverse and varied. The Orchestra performs symphonic works and soloist concerts, as well as oratories and operas from the baroque to our time. This makes it possible for students to gain practice in a broad range of concert and opera literature from various periods and styles and prepares them for their later professional careers as musicians.

By regularly accompanying instrumental and vocal soloists and playing compositions written by students, or being directed by student conductors, the artists refine their soloist skills and knowledge of neighbouring subjects at the very beginning of their careers. The musical director of the Symphony Orchestra is Prof. Florian Erdl. Among the guest conductors of recent years are: Rasmus Baumann, Marcus Merkel, Christopher Moulds, Julien Salemkour, Andrea Sanguineti and Karl-Heinz Zettl.