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. The recording cannot be older than six months.
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.