Violin admission requirements for MA studies
Admission requirements are the same for in person and online applicants unless indicated otherwise.
Main subject
- One Wieniawski etude op.10, or a Paganini caprice op. 1
- First two movements of a solo sonata by Bach or Chaconne by Bach
- The opening movement of one of the following violin concertos:
- Sibelius
- Dvorák
- Prokofiev No. 1 / 2
- Shostakovich No. 1* (1st and 2nd movement or 3rd and 4th)
- Shostakovich No. 2.
- Elgar
- Mendelssohn op. 64
- Bartók No. 2
- Beethoven
- Brahms
- Tchaikovsky
- Paganini No. 1/2
- Dohnányi op. 27 no. 1
- Hubay op. 99 no. 3
For online applcants only: the full audition programme must be recorded in one take, no cutting is allowed.
General Admission Requirements
MUSIC THEORY FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE IN PERSON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION:
Written examination:
- Bass harmonisation: harmonisation of a bass line of cca. 10 notes, indication of the accords with figures.
- Analysis: formal analysis of the opening movement of a sonata from the stylistic circle of Haydn and Mozart piano sonatas.
Exam in general music studies:
- Identification of 10 music pieces - possibly composer and title, but at least the epoch or style and identification of the genre.
- Explanation and interpretation of 10 music terms, concepts, titles, etc.