Orchestral Conducting admission requirements for MA studies

Admission requirements are the same for in person and online applicants unless indicated otherwise.

In case of non-instrumental majors, tuition is only offered in English if there are a minimum of 3 international students admitted in a given year to the same major.

 

Main subject

  • Johannes Brahms: Symphony Nr. 2
  • Béla Bartók: Hungarian Sketches

The pieces are to be conducted from memory!

 

Piano

  • J. S. Bach: 1 prelude and fugue from Wohltemperiertes Klavier or 2 movements of a cyclic piece (fast and slow)
  • 1 movement of a classical sonata (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven)
  • 2 performance pieces – one should be by a Hungarian composer (Bartók or one of his contemporaries) 

 

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

  • Identifying 10 musical pieces: providing the name of the composer and the title, or at least identification of the era or style and genre.
  • Explanation and interpretation of 10 musical terms, concepts, titles of pieces, etc.