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.