Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (German: Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Dating to 1897, it has reorganised and changed names as it developed over the years, most recently in 2010 when it changed from State College of Music and Drama Hanover (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, or simply Musikhochschule Hannover).
The origins of the university date back to 1897 with the establishment of the private Conservatory of Music (Conservatorium für Musik).
After the war, in 1950, it merged with the private Hanover Drama School (Hannoversche Schauspielschule) becoming the Academy of Music and Theatre (Akademie für Musik und Theater),[1] before attaining college status (Hochschule) a few years later in 1958 (although back-dated to 1 April 1957) and being separated into the Lower Saxon College of Music and Theatre (Niedersächsische Hochschule für Musik und Theater) and the Lower Saxon School for Music Hanover (Niedersächsische Musikschule Hannover).
[10] HMTMH owns an organ in the New Town Church, situated about 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) west-southwest of the main building, that is used for teaching and concerts.